Great pictures of a beautiful rifle. Wish it was mine. http://www.gunauction.com/buy/127013...t-bore.c-and-r
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Pre-WW1 M1903 Eye Candy
Great pictures of a beautiful rifle. Wish it was mine. http://www.gunauction.com/buy/127013...t-bore.c-and-r
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ill go on a limb...been a while for me,..
front band is backwards... bayonet lug is wrong, rear sight is wrong. buttplate is wrong. trigger guard is wrong.
front sight is wrong..
other then that , its nice....
i could be mistaken on some of that assesment..
but shouldnt the bayonet lug be the early type with no split at the stacking swivle?
shouldnt the front sight have the pin at the front?
shouldnt the rear sight have a file edge on the left side, and a wider adjustment slide for the spring and detent?
shouldnt the trigger guard have the long hole, and not be modified with the pin?
shouldnt that have a early numbered buttplate with smaller trapdoor??
shouldnt the stamp be script type?
hmmmmm?
its purdy though...not sure why he posted the TE and MW...your not gonna shoot it anyway..
Last edited by chuckindenver; 03-25-2014 at 05:15.
if it aint broke...fix it till it finally is.
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A real beaut!
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Rick? was i close on my assesment or way off base?? been lookin at parts guns so long its hard to say anymore...
if it aint broke...fix it till it finally is.
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I want it. Yea, so Rick, what are your thoughts on this rifle?
Last edited by Fred; 03-25-2014 at 05:49.
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Rick's comments would be appreciated. John Beard's comments would be golden. One of the reasons I put together the M1903 data on what I thought were substantially original rifles was to be able to compare parts, barrel dates, receivers, styles of letters and numerals, etc, etc
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Chuck,
The lower band is installed backwards and the split-shank swivel is questionable. But everything else looks correct.
J.B.
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I need to take a closer look, especially with Chuck's comments. It wouldn't be the first time I've thought a sow's ear was a silk purse!
"We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst."
--C.S. Lewis
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Assuming the one-bolt stock was installed in the 1908-1909 period, I think some of the modifications could have been made, like the upper band, lower band swivel, buttplate, etc.
"We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst."
--C.S. Lewis
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when did they switch from the 1905 sights?? notice the front has the retaining pin in the back.
all the 1905 sights iv seen or had , pin was in the front...
the only 1905 rear sight iv seen was one i had, it had a file like edge on the left side of the ladder, and no stop bar to keep the adjust slide from coming off..
figured the JFC would match the script P as well.
if it aint broke...fix it till it finally is.
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