I supose a guy could have a front ramp soldered on and have an inexpensive, albeit fake, carbine.
Its a shame someone cut the barrel on that nice transition rifle you have there!!!
I didn't buy it, just was "mourning" over it at the shop and had to share. I have an M70 "Bob" that hasn't been cut. It's a shame someone cut it and removed the originality (collectability?) but as set up it would be a dandy eastern whitetail rig and a hellofalot classier than similarly and higher priced Rugers and Remingtons they have on the rack.