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Title: 1903 project & 'Khyber Pass gunsmithing' Post by butlersrangers on Jan 17th, 2020 at 7:26am
A while back I bought a 1903 Springfield (1921 vintage) that had been 'cut-down', scoped and restocked. The short Sporter weighed too many pounds, was not a candidate for restoration .... it made no sense, but, the 1903 was cheap and spoke to me!
My plan had been to have a 1903A3 barrel put on it and make a "quasi-sniper looking" rifle. Well, current prices for 1903A3 barrels and decent Stocks gave me Sticker Shock. I went to a plan "B" .... make a fun "carbine" out of junk 1903 & 1903A3 parts that are taking up room in my basement. The barrel had been stripped of its rear-sight & collar. The 21" barrel had no front sight. I luckily had sights and a wrecked stock and hand-guard. I decided to patch the 'Compass Hole' in the comb and reshape the stock tip along the lines of an experimental carbine made for the cavalry in 1921. |
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