Any Bubba'd / Custom Enfields? Pics please!

Lee Enfield · October 14, 2015, 02:58 PM

I'm curious to see any custom Enfields you may all have.

I personally wouldn't mod a perfectly good Enfield, unless perhaps there was an Enfield that was FUBAR and you wanted to go at it with a little (or big) custom job.

I'd love to see some examples of customs if any you have pics. Thanks in advance!

wogpotter · October 14, 2015, 04:50 PM

'46 Faz No5 mk1 "Jungle Carbine". I found it with the lug ground off, the finish stripped & (well) hot blued & the stock inletting destroyed. Since this was taken I've found an original P-H 5-round semi-recessed mag as well.

Lee Enfield · October 14, 2015, 08:42 PM

Very nice

I'd want a re-imagined jungle carbine, too

I guess we're a very small subset of Enfield fans wanting to customize them...

agtman · October 14, 2015, 09:39 PM

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I'd love to see some examples of customs if any you have pics.

Here's pic of a custom L.E. .303, but it wasn't done by anyone named "Bubba."

Lee Enfield · October 15, 2015, 01:31 AM

Nice custom Enfields so far

I think it's too bad that "Bubba'd" makes people think it's not a well done or professional custom job.

wogpotter · October 15, 2015, 09:23 AM

To me there's "sporterising" & Bubba.
Sporterising is doing it well, even BSA made "sporters".

Bubba uses a blunt chisel & a rusty hacksaw.

Lee Enfield · October 15, 2015, 12:17 PM

@wogpotter: Good point and thought. I always thought of sporterizing as a manufacturer's rendition of a model, but I guess it doesn't have to be. Bubba'd creations makes more sense to have been a custom job done by a non-professional with whatever tools were available.

MrBorland · October 15, 2015, 03:51 PM

I can't bring myself to think of mine as "bubba'd", as it was my father's deer rifle when he was a young'un and in need of a rifle to go hunting with his uncles. He pulled it from a barrel of cosmoline, then sporterized it himself. I think he did a really fine job, especially considering he was a still a teenager when he did it. It's not much of a shooter (likely a so-so barrel), but all the numbers match, and because it was my dad's, and I grew up with it in the house, and it's the firearm that eventually got me into shooting, it's one of my most valued rifles. I don't have kids of my own, but one day, one of my nieces or nephews will be able to say they own their grandfather's deer rifle.

Lee Enfield · October 15, 2015, 05:42 PM

That Enfield example looks impeccable, MrBorland

I usually just stick with the term "custom".

As for Bubba'd, well... I may have made my definition of "Bubba'd" a little too broad, as even a sawed-off shotgun would be considered Bubba'd then. Maybe it is correct, maybe it isn't. I do imagine, though, that it would have to be an obviously visible hodge podge, MacGyver-style job fitted with non-exact/specific parts done by a non-professional.

Hawg · October 15, 2015, 07:07 PM

Not a good pic but I took a No. 1 MK III that was already Bubba'd and put it in a new stock.

emcon5 · October 15, 2015, 08:03 PM

Saw a couple at my local Cabela's, unfortunately no photos.

One was a WW2 Dated ROF(F) No5, that had the front sight/flash hider assembly removed, and had what looked like a shotgun bead in its place. It was also somehow converted to an internal blind magazine.

Also saw a No 4 (I think it was a Savage) that the stock had been whittled sown to a sporter type, and the barrel was chopped with a hacksaw, visibly crooked. The cut was at least 5º off of square. Crown? We don't need no stinkin' crown.

October 14, 2015, 02:58 PM	#1
Lee Enfield Member Join Date: August 14, 2014 Posts: 67	Any Bubba'd / Custom Enfields? Pics please! I'm curious to see any custom Enfields you may all have. I personally wouldn't mod a perfectly good Enfield, unless perhaps there was an Enfield that was FUBAR and you wanted to go at it with a little (or big) custom job. I'd love to see some examples of customs if any you have pics. Thanks in advance! Last edited by Lee Enfield; October 14, 2015 at 05:01 PM.

October 14, 2015, 04:50 PM	#2
wogpotter Senior Member Join Date: September 27, 2004 Posts: 4,811	'46 Faz No5 mk1 "Jungle Carbine". I found it with the lug ground off, the finish stripped & (well) hot blued & the stock inletting destroyed. Since this was taken I've found an original P-H 5-round semi-recessed mag as well. __________________ Allan Quatermain: “Automatic rifles. Who in God's name has automatic rifles”? Elderly Hunter: “That's dashed unsporting. Probably Belgium.”

October 15, 2015, 09:23 AM	#6
wogpotter Senior Member Join Date: September 27, 2004 Posts: 4,811	To me there's "sporterising" & Bubba. Sporterising is doing it well, even BSA made "sporters". Bubba uses a blunt chisel & a rusty hacksaw. __________________ Allan Quatermain: “Automatic rifles. Who in God's name has automatic rifles”? Elderly Hunter: “That's dashed unsporting. Probably Belgium.”

October 14, 2015, 08:42 PM	#3
Lee Enfield Member Join Date: August 14, 2014 Posts: 67	Very nice I'd want a re-imagined jungle carbine, too I guess we're a very small subset of Enfield fans wanting to customize them...

October 15, 2015, 01:31 AM	#5
Lee Enfield Member Join Date: August 14, 2014 Posts: 67	Nice custom Enfields so far I think it's too bad that "Bubba'd" makes people think it's not a well done or professional custom job.

October 15, 2015, 12:17 PM	#7
Lee Enfield Member Join Date: August 14, 2014 Posts: 67	@wogpotter: Good point and thought. I always thought of sporterizing as a manufacturer's rendition of a model, but I guess it doesn't have to be. Bubba'd creations makes more sense to have been a custom job done by a non-professional with whatever tools were available.

October 15, 2015, 03:51 PM	#8
MrBorland Senior Member Join Date: May 31, 2007 Location: NC Posts: 2,614	I can't bring myself to think of mine as "bubba'd", as it was my father's deer rifle when he was a young'un and in need of a rifle to go hunting with his uncles. He pulled it from a barrel of cosmoline, then sporterized it himself. I think he did a really fine job, especially considering he was a still a teenager when he did it. It's not much of a shooter (likely a so-so barrel), but all the numbers match, and because it was my dad's, and I grew up with it in the house, and it's the firearm that eventually got me into shooting, it's one of my most valued rifles. I don't have kids of my own, but one day, one of my nieces or nephews will be able to say they own their grandfather's deer rifle.

October 15, 2015, 05:42 PM	#9
Lee Enfield Member Join Date: August 14, 2014 Posts: 67	That Enfield example looks impeccable, MrBorland I usually just stick with the term "custom". As for Bubba'd, well... I may have made my definition of "Bubba'd" a little too broad, as even a sawed-off shotgun would be considered Bubba'd then. Maybe it is correct, maybe it isn't. I do imagine, though, that it would have to be an obviously visible hodge podge, MacGyver-style job fitted with non-exact/specific parts done by a non-professional.

October 15, 2015, 07:07 PM	#10
Hawg Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 16,189	Not a good pic but I took a No. 1 MK III that was already Bubba'd and put it in a new stock.

October 15, 2015, 08:03 PM	#11
emcon5 Senior Member Join Date: July 10, 1999 Location: High Desert NV Posts: 2,850	Saw a couple at my local Cabela's, unfortunately no photos. One was a WW2 Dated ROF(F) No5, that had the front sight/flash hider assembly removed, and had what looked like a shotgun bead in its place. It was also somehow converted to an internal blind magazine. Also saw a No 4 (I think it was a Savage) that the stock had been whittled sown to a sporter type, and the barrel was chopped with a hacksaw, visibly crooked. The cut was at least 5º off of square. Crown? We don't need no stinkin' crown.