Hello all, I was lucky enough to come across just enough spare parts to begin to put together another rifle. These rifles are addictive and this will be the third one I have put together from abandoned parts.

I'm short a barrel and some sort of wood to dress it out with which leads up to more than one question.

I have a spare 1903A3 barrel with a slightly deep chamber that I would very much like to use just to re-purpose it. It's as new but was subject to a overzealous person with a finish reamer. I have cast the chamber to check for other defects and checked fit to a spare action and determined its just slightly to deep without a rebuild bolt for my purposes.

Could anyone recommend a gunsmith who has the ability to shorten the breech, rough out the chamber and thread for a Krag receiver?

Has anyone repurposed a cut down piece of wood from a m1903 and inlet for a Krag Action or is that a complete waste of effort.

I have seen examples of this done in the past but have never done it myself and have been considering it for an interim measure until something better comes along.

Thanks for any advice or experience that someone may want to pass along. My labor is cheap and I like fiddling with old rifles for something to do.