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10-04-2017, 09:07 AM
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pair of 1903a3 's
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10-04-2017, 02:43 PM
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guess i should have bought a couple rugers...
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Seems all of the nice WWII rifles have been put away or are brought by dealers to over price at gun shows. Last year I bought a Smith Corona in a scarf (?) stock that was owned by one family since purchased and delivered by REA. Happy to get it, paid $750.
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yeah, been on the lookout for a nice 1903 springfield and theyre not as common as i would have thought.
about to give up on gun shows. theres really nothing for sale but plastic guns these days.
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10-04-2017, 05:10 PM
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I have a Remington M1903A3.
Question: Is the front sight cover to protect the front sight blade and taken off for shooting or is it considered part of the front sight and stays on when shooting ?
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10-04-2017, 07:39 PM
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It's just to protect the blade. However, the USMC version is larger and can actually be utilized for shooting...though I don't think that was the intention.
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10-04-2017, 08:02 PM
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That is a great pair of rifles. 03A3s have to be one of my all time favorites. Simple, elegant, with everything you need and nothing you don't.
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10-04-2017, 11:13 PM
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Seems all of the nice WWII rifles have been put away or are brought by dealers to over price at gun shows. Last year I bought a Smith Corona in a scarf (?) stock that was owned by one family since purchased and delivered by REA. Happy to get it, paid $750.
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I think it is called a "scant" stock - they were kind of between the straight stock and the full pistol grip type C stock. A concession to wartime production to best utilize stock wood, as I recall reading.
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10-05-2017, 01:11 AM
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Well, I for one am jealous. Congratulations!
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Nice guns! Nice accoutrements! Nice pic's! REALLY NICE!
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Great looking old guns and accessories. Really good photographs, too.
Never seen a Red River Arsenal stamp before. Did they just do rifles?
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I bought a 03-A3 when I was 18 years old for the price of $125.00. I foolishly sold it for what I thought was a grand profit two years later. I got $150.00 for it. I've had sellers remorse ever since. Congratulations on your find.
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Well, I for one am jealous. Congratulations!
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Me too!!!
My Navy/Marine Corps ROTC unit drilled with Springfields, back in the early '70s. They were deactivated by gringing the tip off of the firing pin. The front sights were also removed. All they needed to fire was to have the firing pin replaced.
Mine was a '03A3 Remington from 8/43. One of my fellow midshipmen was issued a Springfield '03 with a serial number below 5000. I heard later on that these drill rifles had the bores blocked with welded in rods.
I bought a 7/43 Remington with the 2 groove barrel in the '80s. It shot very well with a .307 30-30 bullet and a charge of 3031. I had to sell it in the '90s.
Sure would like to find another one.
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Outstanding guns and great photograph's!! Thanks for sharing, love the old "cord-wood" as they used to call these guns at the gun shows about 30 years ago.....now they bring big $$$!!!
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thanks. i was late to the party on the 03's... like everything really.... but im on the lookout for a nice old springfield.
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I may have an extra Springfield Trapdoor Rifle that I could let go.....if that's what you are looking for send me an email
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actually, i meant a 1903
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The weapons in this thread are very simple compared to an Apache or some of the other stuff used in today's warfare.
I think about the brave men who carried these weapons into battle. Can you imagine sitting in a trench and being ordered to "fix bayonets"? My maternal grandfather carried an Enfield as part of the A.E.F. Unfortunately I never knew him real well but learned after his death that he had seen "significant action".
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