Opinion on drill rifle rebuild.

[mattgunguy]

My title is a bit misleading. I'm not looking for opinions as to whether or not recover a drill rifle, that is a topic which I have no issue with. No, this is a request for opinions on my current collection of parts & which route to take. I've never had more than one receiver to choose from at once before. I've a maybe NOS High Standard replacement barrel. I didn't pull it out of the package, so I'm not 100% on the NOS statement as yet. Regardless, this is the barrel I'm using now.

Remington serial# 3302670. This one is closest to usable now. Has just a few spots that still could use some attention.

Springfield Armory serial# 945276. I've done nothing to this one aside from removing the welded cut off, bolt, & fitting a new cut off. Haven't cleaned up anything else.

The rest of my current crop of parts is rather assorted. Early & late rear sight sleeves. Milled & stamped followers / butt plates, front & rear bands. Only have a stamped magazine at the moment (but there is another gunshow next weekend). The darker is a two bolt & the other has no bolts.

I'm leaning towards using the Remington receiver & mostly the stamped small parts. Kinda like an 03 / 03a3 or late rebuild.

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