Need help resolving a 1903's insufficient headspace

[SkyKid]

Maybe you are thinking about peening or rolling the receiver to move the metal forward which is common practice
I've done this when the witness mark on the barrel goes beyond the receiver mark

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[browningautorifle]

peening or rolling the receiver to move the metal forward which is common practice

That's done if the barrel goes past TDC and you need some metal, or an older barrel that has already had the crush factor used when it was installed. I had a 742 Remington in .308 come in that had excess headspace and I set the barrel back one turn to correct it...worked perfectly. But that's not what's needed here, this one just needs a touch of reaming.

[RDG]

From this and other sources I agree that a bit of reaming should help, but I have never reamed a gun and do not plan to start now. Plus, I think I want a Hatcher hole drilled and the extractor to have a hole drilled to match the gas escape hole on the right side of the receiver just like my other 1903 has.