My trapdoor

[500Linebaughbuck]

nice rifle!!!

[Larry Gibson]

No, Bubba did not touch any of the metal on the gun, just the stock. Buckshot says I should cut the barrel off and make it a carbine.

I disagree, if you cut the barrel off the ranges on the Buffington rear sight will no longer be regulated should you desire to use M1882 service level loads. If anything you might go over to trapdoorcollector.com and see if you can get a rifle stock plus the other missing furniture. You might also ask about when it was made. If so give the complete serial # with no "X"s.

[Drydock]

You can find barrel bands and nose caps on Ebay. Use the S&S forearm and a dufflecut join for an easy repair to Milspec. Please don't cut it!

[GOPHER SLAYER]

Thank you Drydock, from a former Missourian, Sikeston to be specific. I will try taking it apart later today.

[GOPHER SLAYER]

Well I was able to remove the lock with little difficulty and I was very impressed with the fit of wood to metal on this rifle. It looks like the tree grew up around the gun. It is also easy to see why the trigger pull is so heavy when you look at the main spring. They must have had really hard primers way back when. I tried to remove the barrel band but it was a no go, at least for me. I will have to get some help.

[DHDeal]

Nice rifle like others stated.

I suspect you were making a joke about cutting down the barrel. That's how I took it anyway as you know you got a nice one regardless of the fine woodwork of a previous afficianado.

I was guilty of a Bubba job years back on a Swedish Mauser.

[Drydock]

If you loosen up the tang screw first the barrel band comes off a lot easier.

[GOPHER SLAYER]

Thanks Drydock, I will try that. DH, I am sure that many of us have turned into a Bubba sometime in our past, if we were honest. I know I have and it was one job I still regret.