I had been wanting one of the Gibbs reproduction 03A4s for quite awhile now. I knew that I could not afford the real deal. Then, a deal on an awesome, actual A4 came along and I couldn't pass it up. I posted a few pics of this before, but I just now got it completed the way I want it and also fired it.
I cleaned the cosmoline off, installed a sorta correct scope, and put it in a new CMP stock. The scope I was able to find is the Weaver 330, which I know is what the early A4s came with. However, this one is the model with the screw adjustable adjustments and the post reticle. I have read conflicting opinions on whether this particular scope was issued with this rifle.
I had the CMP stock just sitting around and cut me a nice groove for the bolt and I think it looks pretty good. It might be kinda appropriate, because based on what the seller told me, this may have been a DCM rifle. I live near Anniston, AL, and the seller stated that the person he got it from said it "came from Anniston Army Base." The seller received this rifle from a neighbor who willed it to him over twenty years ago. The seller just recently fired it for the first time and decided that the recoil was too much for him.
As you can see by the target, it is a shooter. That is a .8" group at 100 yards from a rest. Not bad for a 70 year old rifle, 70 year old optics, and nearly 70 year old eyes.
Comments, opinions, criticisms please.
daveboy
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