New A4 Day

[GaryWKeim]

You hold out hope that the gun you bought off GB, without actually seeing it in person, is what the seller says it is. It shouldn't have taken me this long to come to the truth, but I now have.



This same seller has more fake A4's for sale on GB right now... says he's selling them on consignment for a local collector in Texas. Not sure I buy that... nor should I.

Expensive lesson... and not the first.

Thanks all.

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[ssgross]

Expensive lesson... and not the first.

Hopefully not too expensive. Get it shooting good and have fun!
Don't feel too bad. I've socked my share of cash into unauthentic rifles, often more than they are worth...but I built them myself from scraps or old mutilated or neglected barn or pawn finds - sweat equity ha!. My satisfaction was worth every penny.

Don't feel too bad. Every time you shoot a good group, your disappointment will be slightly diminished.

[Chuckindenver]

turn your scope to the left so the top knob is facing left and your right knob is on top.. i would say this is a parts gun, that had the barrel replaced as well as the stock, it looks like the stock had a repair behind the bolt cut, and then they for some reason, opened the bolt notch a little, base is a later commercial base thats been parked and added, youll need 2 shims to get it to zero, there is a seller on ebay that sells original shims, i would remove the base and look under it , the receiver looks like someone welded on it , as the dark area right by the front ring, but that could just be the picture, not to scare you, but iv seen a good fake that had this issue, they ground all the markings off, and got the steel hot, then lazer engraved the markings spread apart to make them look right..

[Chuckindenver]

[browningautorifle]

Yes, clearly a handjob...

[Riter]

Hand engraved, and not very good either.

[Chuckindenver]

one time, i wished i was wrong.. sorry you got burned

[GaryWKeim]

But I still wonder... why is the serial number proper looking and in the correct range?

[oldfoneguy]

Is there any way to tell possibly by markings like the British have as to this receiver being rejected but then reactivated after repair?
Could it be the defect was the markings didn't strike correctly and had to be filled in by hand for this receiver to continue down the line?

By scrutinizing the picture the US looks overstruck at the top and had it possibly moved while being struck? The Remington looks proper enough except much lighter at the bottom than the top especially at the R and E. Even the I is very angular. It's possible the Model 03-A3 hardly struck in that instance and had to be followed up by hand. Round surfaces can be a real pain to work with when all involved is not perfect.
No way of knowing for sure this is just a supposition on my part.

[butlersrangers]

Is it certain this is not a Federal Ordnance receiver that had the commercial maker markings removed and bogus markings added?