Golden State Arms Santa Fe

Hey folks, just wanted to throw this in. I have a Golden State Arms Santa Fe Special. This one has the #4 stock and forestock cut and rounded just rear of the handguard band. Both pieces match and quite beautifully grained. It had the stamped rear sight which i have replaced with a Mk II sight. The rear sight cross pin is missing the retaining pin, still looking for one of those. she shoots great, I like to run Hornady 150 gr softpoints, through all of mine. The scope mount in the below pic is no longer installed.

I would like to find an L39/L42/Enforcer forestock and handguard for it, and I now have a Cad Technik mount that I may install. i have a vintage bushnell banner 4x scope the I want to mount. This rifle will be used for hunting elk in mule deer Colorado and whitetail here in Alabama.

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Regarding the small PIN, retaining, pin axis backsight Clutch. I'll let you into a secret. As Armourers, we'd never even bother to indent for these little pins because we never re-used them. We'd just go to the carpenters shop and get a handfull of his 1" or so long panel pins that were an identical diameter and you'd get 5 pins from one panel pin - for less hassle! And if those you get are a tad thinner (and some seem to be.....) we'd just knock the centre to tighten it in the hole and tap it in.

Well, sir, I had considered trying to find a small cotter pin at Lowe's or Home Depot, which dosen't sound like it would be out of place now. Thank you for the tip!

Don't muck around with this. The Golden state rifles are sort of vaguely collectible in their own right. You shoudl be able to get a sporterised No.4 with a fine barrel for less than you'd get for it if you sold it.

An L42, etc. fore end assembly complete will almost certainly cost more than the whole rifle is worth... And probably won't help accuracy one bit.

I have no problem leaving it like it is, shoots pretty good even with the giant aperture. I have a sporterized #4 on layaway at a pawn shop, got it for $275, I am buying bits and pieces for a full resto for it. I like to find sporterized rifles that have otherwise been unaltered and put them back into original condition. The most difficult thing is finding mstching furniture.

Using .303 British/150 grain loads might leave you a tad under gunned on Colorado elk... YMMV

Duly noted. I have been using the 150s mainly to get good brass, I will probably load them with Hornady's 174 gr round nose, or perhaps a cast bullet.

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Originally Posted by conec

Using .303 British/150 grain loads might leave you a tad under gunned on Colorado elk... YMMV

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On the other hand, W.D.M. Bell shot many an elephant with a 6.5mm Mannlicher-Schoenauer, not to mention a .303 or two.