A guy I know might be selling an early S.C. 03a3 which he said has a Savage barrel. I did not know Savage made barrels for the A3's. Would a rifle like this be worth any more then a S.C. barreled A3 in the same condition?
A guy I know might be selling an early S.C. 03a3 which he said has a Savage barrel. I did not know Savage made barrels for the A3's. Would a rifle like this be worth any more then a S.C. barreled A3 in the same condition?
Savage made no M'03-A3 barrels. That's a myth which refuses to die. What he likely means is that he has a SC M'03-A3 with a 6-groove barrel. An SC rifle with a 6-groove barrel will command a small premium, but not much.
Hope this helps.
J.B.
Sound like a sporter. Got pics?
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CSP is what you make it.
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He did say that it was a 6 groove barrel, but not marked Savage, marked Remington.
One question slightly off the barrel subject. I was told that one way you can tell a SC bolt from a Remington bolt is that the SC is marked with a small X on the handle flat, and obviously no R mark, true?
Thanks for the info.
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Typo on my part. It is a SC marked barrel.
A.J. Savage did indeed make barrels for the 1903A3... said Savage arms historian
if it aint broke...fix it till it finally is.
As I said, a myth that refuses to die.
J.B.