Thing is, I'm not opposed to hacking up old rifles like that. There are millions of them, and for every one that gets bubba'd, there are probably 2-3 that get restored to their original condition, and 10-20 that just get left as they are and are rarely shot. If someone wants to turn an old battle rifle into an ugly monstrosity, I don't really care.
What confuses me is that he wanted to sell it. You can't sell something like that. It's like all the ads for used Honda Civics and Preludes with body kits you see on Craigslist. These guys add crap to their cars to make them look cool, and in the process make them slower and uglier than they were to begin with, and then have to take a big loss on the sale. Why even bother?
Thing is, at least he chose a cheap platform to work on. I'd almost cry if he had done this to, say, a Thompson or M14 or something.
