Ron, It started out as one thing but ended up another. I like project builds so I found this 1930 vintage sporterized 1903 a few years ago. It had an unmolested recvr but only a 21 inch very molested bbl. My initial build never happened and the rifle got ignored for years. Well I suggested that my cas club try a BAM match so I used a Krag and a couple DA revolvers. The match was a big hit so the guys decided on a 1911 pistol BAM match so I decided to remilitarize my cut down rifle to have a sorta correct rifle to use for a 1911 BAM match. Wore my 1912 summer uniform ala Pershing's Punitive Expedition.
  As the bbl was roughly cut 3 inches I cut the stock 3 inches to keep things proportional, moved the lower bbl band back 2 inches and reshaped the handguard to blend it. I cut the grasping grooves on my HF mini mill. It had no gi sights, just Williams front and rear sights. The replacement stock was a junky scant stock that I reshaped, stained and refinished. I recut the muzzle face, installed a rear sight collar and front sight and slicked up the action. Used all milled parts. The extra Williams sight holes are hidden under the handguard except for one at the muzzle. The pix is how I did the handguard, it’s actually 2 handguards cut at their humps. Of course the hump end is shortened an inch and the skinny end cut 2 inches. Doing it this way allowed me to keep both of the steel handguard inserts. The curved brass is epoxied to the hump end and the skinny part goes over it. The bbl band holds it all together. I also pinned and glued a block onto the end of the stock to hide the exposed lightening cut under the upper bbl band. Looks like its a solid stock. Last month I bought one of the extended 1903 mags for it. It’s a really handy dandy carbine.

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