Originally Posted by
Homer2
...and it was priced at under $800. Guy also had a 25,000 range rifle as well for around $600. I'm not that into buying 03's right now, especially one's I can't fire, but I love to look.
About #237. Looks like it had a early 1st variation bolt with the straight handle, finger groove stock with no early cartouche and what looked like a WW2 handguard. Rear sight looked like a normal WW1 era. Didn't look too closely at it. Front sight had a WW2 cover on it.
The barrel had NO markings on it. Nothing. It almost reminded me of a commercial barrel as the muzzle wasn't rounded, but had a bit of an inlet. Hard to explain, but like it had a larger diameter than the bore drilled just to make a mark on the crown. Looked like it was made that way and not tampered with, just different than my other 03's.
If it's an original barrel, I may consider going back. If it's a commercial replacement barrel, it still looks pretty nice, but no thanks.
