Need help with stock

[Randy A]

If your stock was born a 1903 rifle your 1903a3 rifle barreled action would never fit into this stock without cutting the forend ring groove. You can put a 1903 barreled action in a 1903a3 stock, but not the other way around if you intend to use the upper hand guard wood.

A 1903 will not fit in an A3 stock without relieving the stock for the rear sight collar.

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[LJUTIC]

A 1903 will not fit in an A3 stock without relieving the stock for the rear sight collar.

I have a 1918 Springfield barreled action and it fits perfectly into a Original pinned Smith Corona stock with no modification to the stock.

[LJUTIC]

A 1903 will not fit in an A3 stock without relieving the stock for the rear sight collar.

As posted several times, the 1903 rifle will fit into any a3 stock because all a3 stocks are also inletted for the 1903 rear sight collar along with the a3 forend ring. The 1903 Trigger guard will fit into any a3 stock too, although it will be extending out of the wood more then it would the 1903 stock. If you attend gun shows you can easily see if a 1903 rifle is installed into a a3 stock just by looking at the ring cut on either side of the stock Inletting where the sight collar & receiver meet.