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    If the follower is marked with a "W" then it is...

    If the follower is marked with a "W" then it is from a Winchester M1917. The followers from '03s and '17s are pretty close to identical.
  2. Thread: Repair Pins

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    Repair Pins

    I have an RIA single bolt CN1909 stock w/ high hump handguard. Pretty beat up, with a brass pin repair on the wrist of the stock, and one on the hump of the handguard. Now before you say Greek...
  3. Bolt sleeve is RIA, wide tall front sight is...

    Bolt sleeve is RIA, wide tall front sight is incorrect, handguard incorrect, replacement sear.Not worth 5 figures, and w/o the scope not even 4 figures. The Corps went back to the original narrow...
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    The arched mainspring housing ma be a...

    The arched mainspring housing ma be a replacement. Receiver should be marked "U.S. PROPERTY"..Not an expert, but my $.02. I'd pay $600 if the Rec. checks out legit.
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    Joe.....The M1903 carried the day for the 1st...

    Joe.....The M1903 carried the day for the 1st Marine Division at Guadalcanal August '42- January '43. They were relieved by US Army forces toting M1s, but by that time most of the fighting was done....
  6. WTB M1903 SA barrel, dated last 3 months of '09- fist 3 months '10

    WTB Springfield Armory Mfct'd M1903 barrel dated between 9-09 and 3-10. Finish unimportant, Bore pits OK.
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    Eye spy the plumber's table vise marks, though...

    Eye spy the plumber's table vise marks, though they seem very faint for "Marine Torque".........Curious about a Hatcher hole on a high number receiver.....Wonder where that A3 sling swivel came from,...
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    Attencion los expertos

    .....and not experts in its use. Here's a question-1906 receiver with a very nice SA 9-19 barrel. Bore is almost pristine. They had figured out about brittle LN receivers by 1919, so why would an 06...
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    Curious.......You didn't by chance find a "W" or...

    Curious.......You didn't by chance find a "W" or an "E" on that extractor, did you?.......Extractors for M1903 and M1917 rifles are almost identical, bur are not interchangeable. The ever-so-slightly...
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    Springfield Armory (Mass., not Genesseo, Ill.),...

    Springfield Armory (Mass., not Genesseo, Ill.), Rock Island Arsenal(Ill.,not Rock Island Armory, Phillipines)
    , and Remington made M1903s; Remington and Smith Corona made the M1903A3. Remington made...
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    Like that the guy was up front about the...

    Like that the guy was up front about the stock.......Would'a' liked it more if it was in a NO BOLT rod bayonet conversion stock (better still, original rod bayonet RIFLE). I'd need to see better...
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    My 1919 RIA w/9/41 USMC circled S 03 was...

    My 1919 RIA w/9/41 USMC circled S 03 was rebarrelled, but the receiver is in the original finish, not park'd. Possibly a Guadalcanal casualty, rebarrelled in the machine shop of a ship floatong on...
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    A three digit USMC RIA?!?!? I'm jealous....Need...

    A three digit USMC RIA?!?!? I'm jealous....Need to change my skivvies! I have seen large strange "P"s on 1)USMC rifles and 2) Greek Return rifles. No last four of sn on the rhs buttstock, so no Greco...
  14. GNOAHHH You forgot Balut!

    GNOAHHH You forgot Balut!
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    Been into 03s for a few years....1) SRS hit on a...

    Been into 03s for a few years....1) SRS hit on a SC 03A3 is like finding the golden Wonka ticket. 2) I'm USMC,Ret. and majored in history. I think it unlikely that as late as the last quarter of 1943...
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    I found Marine Corps RIA #342626 in a buggered...

    I found Marine Corps RIA #342626 in a buggered chopped FJA A3 stock in a pawn shop for $250. SHT bolt with about 3 serial numbers on it, most recently to this rifle. The stippled butt plate found a...
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    cplnorton, please do remember "A.H.A." on some...

    cplnorton, please do remember "A.H.A." on some USMC rebuilds.(on those there's just the A.H.A. and nothing else)
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    Another possible factor is if it is a Marine...

    Another possible factor is if it is a Marine Rifle. Our (Marine Corps) rifles are high and holy things to us, on occasion causing us to pay more than we'd rather admit.......but we do...It's a Marine...
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    The 1903 Rifle won the first offensive engagement...

    The 1903 Rifle won the first offensive engagement in the Pacific Theater of WWII: Guadalcanal. It was the ONLY time in WWII that US forces went up against an enemy on equal terms (5 shot turnbolt-vs-...
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    Thank you

    Thank you
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    2 for you to check, Mac.....SA 400204 and RIA...

    2 for you to check, Mac.....SA 400204 and RIA 342646......RIA has a 9-41 sedgeley, SA has a 12-43.
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    SN 3169935, 8/42 barrel.

    SN 3169935, 8/42 barrel.
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    .....Numrich Gun Parts Corp. has them available...

    .....Numrich Gun Parts Corp. has them available online.
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    cartouche info

    Curious as to the significance of a boxed "3GM-K" on lhs of stock? "E" stock, no "P", just an eagle head stamp with faint numbers. I have another Eddystone stock with the same markings, only also a...
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    RLB or R L B......?

    What is the significance of The bowed RLB, and the spaced, unboxed R L B on Remington stocks? Did one come first? If so which......Thankyou in advance....
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