Originally Posted by
jgaynor
This rifle has rebuild marks so by definition it is a "parts gun". The most obvious defect being the early magazine box/trigger guard.
As far as the scope goes the best information available (campbell) is that some 330 Scope-M.8's were used on very early A4's along with commercial 330C's. This rifle is not an early A4. However it generally accepted that when A4's were returned for C&R and placed in storage the scopes were separated. So it's not like that many, if any, A4's still have the scopes that Remington installed.
The scope caps are GI issue from the Korean war or post Korean war era.
Blued rings, if used at all would not have been used on a rifle this late in the production run. On the other hand the rings are maybe $50.- $75, problem.
The stock appear to be one of the early Springfield production, also probably a little late for this s/n. More than likely it was originally an earlier rifle and married to this action during the reuild.
The double strike of the inspectors cartouche bothers me a bit.
All in all, IMO this rifle is a pretty pretty routine rebuild. On the plus side the small metal parts (bands, tg, cutoff, bolt) have not been refinished (parkerized).
I don't think the "buy it now" price is outlandish. Worse rifles have sold on the CMP auction for $5,500~.
At any rate the market place should speak by the end of the day.
Regards,
Jim