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Attachment 33244this rifle turned out the best so far, nice 5 shot 100 yard group, shot with Greek HXP ball, off a bench, 2.5 power weaver scope, scant grip stock,,all GI parts NO Chicom crap..
range officer had to look twice when he spotted for me..great day at the range.
For shooting with a 2.5x scope that is an outstanding group. I really like the 03A4s, I may have to buy one some day.
its all i could do to see that target with that Weaver scope...all thats done special to my Replicas is match facing the barrel to the receiver, and thats a 2 groove barrel that shot that group...
What brand of leadshot did you use?:lol: Wow thats a really great group, excellent! The 2-groovers aren´t that bad, my two LE´s are 2-groovers too and i can have shot groups of 1 - 1.5" with them.
That is an outstanding group with any rifle. That is especially true using the early weavers and milsurp non-match ammo. I know what you mean about barely being able to see the target. Not seeing it well exactly the same way each time is the key. A true sub-MOA group. Great work Chuck.
What barrel did you install, year, maker, condtion, TE, ME?
Looks like a rifle that could do well at a CMP vintage rifle match.
i use New, GI 2 groove barrels. i try and keep it all US GI.
Dayum that gun shoots nice!
Very nice group with zero horizontal stringing. How is the action / barrel bedded?
original GI..no bedding, in a scant grip stock. match rules...no bedding. you guys are killing me..i guess everyone gets the idea that to shoot that well, the rifle has to be a heavy barrel , bedded match gun, with 20 power target tacticool scope lol .. as i said,..this is a standard 1903A3, with a 2 groove barrel, in a scant grip stock, i mounted a 2.5 power Weaver scope..no bedding, no match grade tricks, no high power tacticool scope, the only things special that i do, is match face the action to the barrel, thats it, everything else is bone stock i use good surplus parts, and make sure they fit and work smoothly, trigger is a original A3, 2 stage trigger, with 4 pound pull per Match rules, no fancy aftermarket barrel, bolt lapping, or any hot set up tricks, just quality parts, all made in the USA..and not China. lol.... and thats 5 shoots, not 3.. it was real tough to dial in with a 2.5 power scope with medium cross wires, and my old eyes..the split in the group was he monkey yanking the trigger not the rifle. lol
Nothing wrong with 2 groove barrels out to 500yds. A new 2 groove will shoot better than a worn 4 groove anyday. For all pracital combat shooting a 2 groove will keep center of kill zone all day and any day. I put a citerian barrel on my 1903A3 for millitary matchs,but if I had a new 2 groove I would have used it.
Chuck:
Great shooting but how insensitive;) No pllar bedding? No nano-honed, trued up action? No match barrel? No set trigger? No 30 mm tube, 300x, AO mil dot scope with wind compensating electronics? No benchrest quality case prep & premium match bullets? And to think you did that with essentially a rifle mass produced under wartime conditions using ammo that is how many decades old? Just think of the damage you have done to the psyche of those who belive that's what is necessary for MOA accuracy! Oh, the humanity!