POTD: A Modernized Mosin
There are two schools of though when it comes to modernizing old military rifles: One school says that there is no greater sin than modernizing a gun, the other school does not care less about what other people do to their guns. Personally I take the middle ground: as long as upgrades improve the gun’s handling or accuracy, I am all for it, on the other hand I despise upgrades that do nothing but look “tacticool”
Thanks to Clay for sending us this photo of his Mosin Nagant. I like what he has done with it.
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On one hand, whenever I see customized Mosin-Nagants, the phrase "lipstick on a pig" comes to mind.
On the other hand, I was VERY tempted to get one of these stocks from Etsy. I forget who showed them to me (they might have been mentioned on TFB?). It seems they've added stocks for the Ruger 10/22 and Suomi M31 since the last time I looked. Great, now I have another "10/22 build" to wish for.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/L...
(Especially if you prefer wood over tacticool)
I'm of the camp that says, it's your rifle and you can do whatever you want with it. However, having said that, I do find it to be shame when someone takes one of these old rifles and chops it to sporterize or Bubba it but I'm perfectly fine with removing it from the original stock and dropping it into an aftermarket one, esp. when it's as nice as the one in the pic.