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dod03-52 Shooting a early 1903 05-20-2012, 09:28 PM
Rick the Librarian You might do a search on this... 05-20-2012, 10:08 PM
Calif-Steve Honest query or merely... 05-20-2012, 10:42 PM
browningautorifle I agree with Steve. Search... 05-20-2012, 10:56 PM
dod03-52 I read thru 6 pages of the... 05-21-2012, 06:14 AM
browningautorifle If you serached through the... 05-21-2012, 11:02 AM
m1903rifle Any Springfield made M1903... 05-21-2012, 08:06 AM
Johnny Peppers If you have an excellent... 05-21-2012, 08:56 AM
Coopdog +1, you could probably buy... 05-21-2012, 10:41 AM
enbloc8 What he said. Heck, I have a... 05-22-2012, 12:27 PM
Claven2 In all liklihood, if you use... 05-21-2012, 01:38 PM
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    Shooting a early 1903

    I am new to your sight--it is great. I have a early 1903 . Made 1907 ser# 307,xxx
    excellent condtion, all original, What about shooting it?
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    You might do a search on this or several other military rifle forums - the subject has been discussed and rediscussed to a fair-thee-well!
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    Honest query or merely trolling? Lots of hot-button opinions on this topic.

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    I agree with Steve. Search and ye shall find.
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    I read thru 6 pages of the questions and answers and saw nothing about the subject, so I asked the question....Seems to be a touchy subject.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dod03-52 View Post
    I read thru 6 pages of the questions and answers and saw nothing about the subject, so I asked the question....Seems to be a touchy subject.
    If you serached through the 1903 forum,(shoot early 1903) you would get 9 hits on the first page and 4 of them deal with this. Easy to say it isn't there. Search.
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    Any Springfield made M1903 with a serial number below 800,00 ( 286,000 for Rock Island ) is said to be one of the "low number" ones, and is considered to be unsafe to shoot because SOME of them were not heat treated/forged properly. The problem occurs when the cartridge has a head separation ......... the improperly heat treated low number action does not have the strength to handle the escaping gas and "blows up". Just remember though, WW1 was fought with low number M1903's.

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    If you have an excellent original rifle that early, I wouldn't want to make a shooter out of it regardless of the debate on the brittle receivers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Johnny Peppers View Post
    If you have an excellent original rifle that early, I wouldn't want to make a shooter out of it regardless of the debate on the brittle receivers.
    +1, you could probably buy two, or more, WWII era mixmaster shooters with excellent bores for what an "excellent" 1907 all-original rifle is worth. Maybe pick up both a M1903 and an A3. But maybe that's not what you want.

    By the way, just go to Google and type in "low number 1903 receivers" and you will pull up plenty of articles on the issues with the metal on those things.

    This is a good article: Information On M1903 Receiver Failures
    Last edited by Coopdog; 05-21-2012 at 10:52 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Johnny Peppers View Post
    If you have an excellent original rifle that early, I wouldn't want to make a shooter out of it regardless of the debate on the brittle receivers.
    What he said. Heck, I have a couple of pristine high-number Springfields, 100% safe, that I won't shoot...just because of the condition.

    Some guns are meant to be shot...some are meant to be fondled and venerated.

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