Stock Question My First 1903

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Originally Posted by Banjo1928

Finally got a chance to shoot my 1903 and take it apart to really look at it closely. It looks like the original comments in this thread were spot on. It is in great shape, very little wear and as was stated earlier, with the exception of the receiver and the barrel, every part I saw with a mark on it was marked Remington. Since purchasing it I have seen several other 1903s in the same or better shape. It is a good shooter and again, as pointed out, maybe not particularly collectible but a nice example of a 1903. If anyone sees anything of interest in these additional photographs please comment I'd be interested to hear them.

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That is a fine looking 1903, but you left out the most important part...how did it shoot? :)

Shoots great Calfed! Seems to only be limited by my old eyes.

Just crawl the stock a little more! Glad it shot well and plenty of R marked parts, nice catch.

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Originally Posted by Banjo1928

Shoots great Calfed! Seems to only be limited by my old eyes.

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Great! I've fallen behind on my range trips and need to get a few new ones out to exercise them.

Calfed, I think about 10% of total 1903 production (1903 - 1927) were MK I rifles, so I have never allowed a premium to be placed on a MkI receiver/rebuilt rifle. I have a 1920 dated MkI in my collection which still has all the correct MkI parts, including the stock.

I would agree ...there were enough Mark Is made that a rebuild is worth little (if anything) more than a "regular" rebuild.