Ugliest 03 Crossed With M-1 Garand

**moodyholler** · 03-11-2006, 09:11 PM

This has to be the ugliest critter I have had the displeasure to own. They called me from the shop and said they had a beautiful 03 for me and this is what I got. 03 action and m-1 garand stock and about 3 lbs of acrglass to fill the openings. I should be charging admission to see it and providing glasses. It is a 1941 action and 4 groove barrel and will make a great Sedgley sporter. moodyholler

**PatMarlin** · 03-12-2006, 12:51 AM

Hee, hee... may shoot like a banshee, or make a good boat paddle..

**Dale53** · 03-12-2006, 01:38 AM

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder....

Dale53

**Buckshot** · 03-12-2006, 02:39 AM

...............Here. Hold my beer and lookit whut I can do with thischer Garand stock 8).

.................Buckshot

**bruce drake** · 03-12-2006, 12:53 PM

Kind of makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up. It better shoot pretty to offset the ugly

Bruce

**Johnch** · 03-12-2006, 04:26 PM

For what they spent on glass , they could have bought a decent stock that fit properly .

Johnch

**ebner glocken** · 03-12-2006, 04:54 PM

YIKES Some bubba got turned loose with a file and an idea!

**rocklock** · 03-12-2006, 09:47 PM

OK, now this is just plain wrong on so many levels...

**Frank46** · 03-13-2006, 01:44 AM

I dunno but its so ugly that it kinda grows on you like a bad case of poison oak. Definitely done by someone who needs supervision. Let us know how it shoots. Good thing my glasses ain't clean. Frank

**SharpsShooter** · 03-13-2006, 06:17 PM

Now thats a gun only a mother ccould love.

**Maineboy** · 03-13-2006, 06:52 PM

This is Fugly...shouldn't be hard to figure out how she got her name.

There were always lots of laughs and snickers when I took her out. She did know how to shoot, but I just couldn't bear to look at her anymore so off to the gunsmith we went. Now she's been reincarnated as a 35 Whelen.

**versifier** · 03-13-2006, 10:42 PM

I'd rather have an ugly rifle that shoots well than a pretty wall hanger that prints patterns instead of groups. You can always put a decent stock on an ugly shooter for a reasonable cost, a lot cheaper than action truing and rebarreling to turn a pretty lead sprayer into something functional.
I have a rifle they laugh at, but they don't laugh for long.

So, does it shoot or not?

**nighthunter** · 03-14-2006, 08:15 PM

My first deer rifle was an O3-A3 with a chopped off stock that my Dad bought through the NRA for $10.00. I have the paper work here for any doubters. WOW .... that was 40 some years ago ... how time flies .... I have never killed a deer any deader than what I did with that old '06. Today it still shoots cast boolits into 1 1/2 inch groups at 100 yards except with a scope sight. It doesn't matter whats on the outside. Hmmmm ... I think I heard that somewhere before.
Nighthunter

**omgb** · 03-14-2006, 10:28 PM

At the local gun club (Oaktree for anyone who cares) there was a bubba'd '03 in the rack for $175. It was missing its sights and the stock had been altered. The pistol grip was created by epoxying on a big chunk of deer antler. The forearm cap was made in a similar fashion. It was the ugliest thing you've ever seen, worse by far than "fugly" or Moodyholler's rifle. I offered them $125 for it but they wouldn't budge. Too bad. The action and barrel looked pretty good.

**PatMarlin** · 03-14-2006, 11:00 PM

That's what it is... a "gun club".

**omgb** · 03-14-2006, 11:04 PM

A "gun club' is a place were we gather to shoot targets and the breeze. it has a trap range, skeet towers, a pistol range, a club hous/bar/grill and a pro shop

**PatMarlin** · 03-14-2006, 11:19 PM

-well that's better than wackin' somebody with it..

**fiberoptik** · 03-15-2006, 12:48 AM

Maybe I'm gettin old, but I've taken quite a liking to ugly old guns, bringing them back to life. That stock looks a hell of a lot better than the "plastic" one on my 03a3. At least it's wood!

**Four Fingers of Death** · 03-15-2006, 05:05 AM

I rescued this old Isralei ex WW2 mauser with Nazi markings, not so hot barrel, welded scope mount and bubba'd stock. Why I don't know, but I got it anyway. I don't know if it will shoot and I have more ex mil rifles than I can poke a stick at (all but one have excellent barrels and are in as issued trim. I had in mind that it would make a good starter rifle for a newbie. I have given away three Israeli Mauser which I picked up cheap in the past and got a new guy started and two who had strayed off the path due to financial constraints of raisong a family. No doubt someone will come along and end up getting into hunting with this old rifle. I don't know how (or if) it shoots. I must take it out and give it a run. I've got a thousand or so ex mils sitting around gathering dust.

PS, I've seen worse welds!
Mick.

**moodyholler** · 03-15-2006, 08:51 AM

Well fellows, I went to shoot it and it has a chamber insert to 308 win. I don't have any components so my smith is gonna see if he can get the insert out and make it 06 again. The comb is so high it will most definitely wreak havoc on my jaw. Thanks for all the comments. moodyholler

BP	Bronze Point	IMR	Improved Military Rifle	PTD	Pointed
BR	Bench Rest	M	Magnum	RN	Round Nose
BT	Boat Tail	PL	Power-Lokt	SP	Soft Point
C	Compressed Charge	PR	Primer	SPCL	Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP	Hollow Point	PSPCL	Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt"	C.O.L.	Cartridge Overall Length
PSP	Pointed Soft Point	Spz	Spitzer Point	SBT	Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN	Lead Round Nose	LWC	Lead Wad Cutter	LSWC	Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC	Gas Check

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