Barrel qouetion

[BudT]

What would a very nice SA 10-19 03 barrel be worth, no I don't have any pics. Sharp clean rifling shinny from end to end. Yes it has been parked but probably from rebuild. This barrel is in a 1,1XX,XXX serial range SA MKI. Gun store has it and is asking 300 for it.

Regards
BudT

[Clark Howard]

If the receiver has not been drilled or otherwise molested, $300 is a deal. Offer $250 out the door. Regards, Clark

[03Rifleman]

Barrel could very likely be original to the receiver.

[BudT]

Nope nothing done to it except the scant stock was cut down but otherwise it's not molested.

[Fred]

The barrel is no doubt original to the receiver. The stock should be a WWI type with two stock bolts of course. Are any Mark I parts still on it?

[BudT]

Scant with the 2 bolts through it , but they cut it and the hand-guard down. To bad to it was in real nice condition to. The bolt shroud looks almost like it was color case hardened. The bolt is wrong it's a Remington. A 2 stamped on the front sight. If the stock wasn't cut and it had the right bolt and blue instead of parked it would be a very nice condition rifle.

[Fred]

Well then if you get it, you can give it a proper straight grip (non scant) stock with grasping grooves or without them, since the rifle has probably had the Mark I parts removed and replaced with standard parts already. What the attraction is for scant grip stocks is beyond my understanding. I wouldn't have one on any WWI era barreled action. The original hand guard I believe could've been either concave (high hump) or straight of course.

[jonnyo55]

The barrel was parkerized when it was new, so if it's the original parking and not redone that's good. The presence of a scant stock, as others have pointed out, is evidence of a rebuild. Even 03A3's didn't have those hideous things on them originally!
I'm a little confused, though...are you considering buying the barrel only or the whole rifle for $300? If it's the whole rifle, that's a 1980's, pre-"Private Ryan" price...go for it!

[BudT]

Yes I was thinking of buying the rifle but the barrel is what I would really be after. If it matches the receiver as it is speculated here then taking it out would be out of the question, I don't butcher up a good piece. The barrels were parkerized in 1919? I didn't know that I thought they were blued.

[Fred]

It wasn't the later Grey Parkerizing. It was a very dark color.