Unbelieveable

[Marine A5 Sniper Rifle]

5 points to anyone who can find an original A4 part on this obvious POS. Check out the grinding on the receiver.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...=388691781#PIC

jt

[jgaynor]

just when i was getting worried about the world supply of suckers! I see they are still being born at the rate of one a minute.

[Ltdave]

werent the A4s marked A4?

what would be the purpose of grinding on the receiver to remark it Remington A3-03?

[Johnny P]

It was an 03-A3 receiver, and the markings had to be removed and relocated to make it an 03-A4. The 03-A4's were still marked 03-A3, but in marked down on the receiver so that the scope base wouldn't cover them.

I guess someone somewhere is thinking how lucky they were to get an 03-A4 for $3300.

[jmm03]

Does it look like they ground the bolt in place with a carbide wheel and cut into the receiver? I believe that the trigger pin may be original... Jim

[Twinson]

I'm sure the trigger pin has been faked also.....

[Ltdave]

...removed and relocated to make it an 03-A4. The 03-A4's were still marked 03-A3, but in marked down on the receiver so that the scope base wouldn't cover them...

thats right. i remember now... thanks for stirring the memory...

[Johnny in Texas]

the receiver is real and maybe the bolt as well as the bands and the trigger housing stock is hard to say need better pics but it is suspect I would say a very poor restoration at best using fake parts.

[Marine A5 Sniper Rifle]

the receiver is real and maybe the bolt as well as the bands and the trigger housing stock is hard to say need better pics but it is suspect I would say a very poor restoration at best using fake parts.

I don't believe that receiver is an authenticate A4 receiver.

jt

[Allen Humphrey]

Trigger guard and bayonet lug are both reproductions. Stock cartouches look fake or re-struck.

Not sure about the bolt. At a minimum it was bent up to an unnatural position. Based on the rest of the gun the bolt is probably a fake.

Maybe the stacking and lower bands are real? Will that get me the 5 points?