I'm especially pleased to stumble across this thread. I picked up a sporterized A3 awhile back for the CMP sniper match that had Weaver rings mounted. I was dismayed when I found the rear sight hole...
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I'm especially pleased to stumble across this thread. I picked up a sporterized A3 awhile back for the CMP sniper match that had Weaver rings mounted. I was dismayed when I found the rear sight hole...
Check this link and and do a search for 30/06 Savage:
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Almost any of them will be cheaper then getting that old soldier into...
Thanks Jim, thats why i'd like to get some info on the scopes I have sitting on the shelf.
The k2.5 appears to be on demary's Ok list for the A4 but I'm trying to stay within the intent of the...
I'm in the process of building an 03a4-gery from a bubba-ed A3 I found in a local gunshop. I had just recently bought a Weaver k2.5-c3 and the gunshop find had a Weaver k2.5 60-B already mounted. So...
Everything you could possibly want to know:
http://parallaxscurioandrelicfirearmsforums.yuku.com/forums/101/t/C-R-stock-cleaning.html
and then some
Art
Yikes, I'm gonna date myself now:p
when I was in the Corp we qualified on the 5V targets using the M-14. This was 1963-1966. these targets were also used for the M1 Garand in the years prior to my...
C&H Die has the dies but they are pricey ($78.25) and Buffalo Arms carries brass made from 25/06 cases at $34.00 per twenty.
As to safe reloading, I've not seen any current data so its kinda feel...
Tommy,
When you get your new rifle start keeping a log of rounds fired from day one. It is generallly accepted that the Wilson barrel will keep pretty good accuracy at 600 yards to around 4000...
John,
Most of us shooting the AR service rifle in high power competition use a twist around 1:8. While not common it is not unheard of to see guys use the 52 gr SMK at 200 for off hand. They...
I second the idea of a good cleaning first. Lots of these old soldiers have their bores really crudded up and that may be part of your problem. Take a look at this idea and insure you read the follow...
Kirk,
The ammo was the new Hornady match stuff that was being issued at the CMP Eastern Games this year. It was lot # 3090915. It's a 168 gr A-Max bullet at about 2600 fps and identified as...
Changed to a shorter front sight blade and got to the range yesterday. Used some left over Hornady CMP ammo and placed a 5 shot group into the 10/X ring I could cover with the palm of my hand. Shot...
I've never had any sticking problems with HXP so I really can't give an accuracte report. That being said the Hornady ammo cycled slick as a cat's A$$. :dancingbanana:
Art
I had no function problems with it at the Eastern games in my 03A3. It did create some issues for sighting however that I will have to address before Perry. I found that with my sights set for 1977...
John Holliger of White Oak Precision is one of the country's premier AR smiths and a competitior (of national fame) himself. His website is:
White Oak Precision - Service Rifle Uppers
He also...
With my M1 I was hitting pretty consistantly in the x ring in practice with 70s era HXP. When I got to Butner my first sighter was a 7 or 8 at 5 O'Clock. Couple minutes up and left and I was good to...
Match223,
What an interesting Franken-chester you have there... 03 rifle, Krag sights and 1917 bolt.. Is it fully functional and if so how does it shoot? It sure would get the tongues wagging...
Mack,
I appreciate the advise on cleaning as I to have used some aggresive techniques in the past myself. I'm particularly fond of elctro cleaners (I made one of my own with a wall wart and a...
Well, I took the sling off the rifle and gave it a good review. It is 68" long x 1 1/8" wide. It has Watervliet Arsenal stamped into it but I saw no inspector's mark.
From what I've read so far it...
David,
I am just green with envy, you have some beautiful items there :super:
Ray,
Thanks for the heads up. The sling will come off the rifle and be kept safe and seperate so as to prevent...
By the time I got out of boot and ITR and had enough sense to stop and look around there were no ranks without the crossed rifles. I would guess that the L/Cpl rank appeared sometime in late 62 or...
The crossed rifles came in in the early 60s. My senior DI in Parris Island was an E-5 Staff Sgt (three stripes, one rocker, no crossed rifles) and half way through our training cycle (about May 1963)...
Just a quick note about an old soldier I've acquired. It's a 50/70 trapdoor Ser # 31854 (both breech and barrel), with an 1870 dated breechblock and a 1863 side plate. Overall condition is pretty...
If we'd been in the Army I would imagine that the DoD would have let out a contract for a "suspension system, field gear, rack display, one each" and payed several thousands of dollars a unit
:rofl:
Joe,
All during my time (1963-1966) we kept our packs and cartridge belts hanging off the racks with cut pieces of coat hangers as hooks. The rifles were kept in a common rifle rack in the middle...