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M1903 Finish question??
Hello,
I was thinking about bidding on this: Springfield 03A3 , 30-06 1903 : Bolt Action Rifles at GunBroker.com
I was curious as to if the finish is original? Based on the pics is there anything i should be worried about? Any help is appreciated.
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02-23-2015 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by
CaptSimon
I was curious as to if the finish is original?
Nope. Been re-blued by someone who didn't know what they was doing. Rounded edges and distorted lettering/numbering are a dead give away. Might make a descent shooter if bore is good. No collector value at all.
Last edited by vintage hunter; 02-23-2015 at 08:16 PM.
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In addition to what Vintage hunter wrote I will add that the stock is badly worn and cracked at the rear tang. The serial number is not readable. I would pass on this one. Salt Flat
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Actually, I can read the serial number quite well. The rifle has definitely fallen on hard times. Probably a foreign M1903.
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
--George Orwell
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Actually, I can read the serial number quite well. The rifle has definitely fallen on hard times. Probably a foreign M1903.
I guess I was looking at picture 6. The S/n in picture 5 shows much better. Salt Flat
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Well I bid on it and won, and thanks to Rick the Librarian
, I just got a 1919 National Match rifle.
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In a manner of speaking ... it started out as one. It's like one of those Russian Grand Dukes, who, after the Russian Revolution, ended up living in a seedy hotel in the wrong side of Paris!
(Sorry, I'm watching Downton Abbey!) LOL!!
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
--George Orwell
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Well, good to know it has one redeeming feature at least. Poor little thing.
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I wont know anymore utill its in my hands, however my dad bought and sold guns and I have for ~7 years and in my travels I've had fine looking rifles that had crap bores and broken/missing parts and horrific looking rifles which turned out to be excellent shooters , so it goes to show you cant judge a book by its cover.
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