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    My recovered DP A3..

    so i dont highjack anymore of the other post.
    this is from a group of 10 A3 barreled receivers i picked up via CMPicon at 10.00 each.
    all but one were saved and recovered.
    dont know why i chose this receiver to keep, just luck of the draw i guess.
    the 4-43 , 4 groove barrel is a take off of a customers rifle, that ask it be disposed of, it has some rust at the muzzle, and he didnt trust it.
    the stock is a gunshow buy, picked it up with NAT Ord. stuffed in it, for 200.00
    parted the N O and used the rest for this project.
    rifle shoots 1/2 groups at 100 yards, so id say the muzzle wasnt an issue.
    iv persoanlly shot well over 500 rounds of Ball through it with no ill effects.
    when i looked close at this barreled receiver, it was as new, if not unissued when converted to DP, and likely not ever used for drill.
    front sight blade was still installed with no damage.
    likely the stock ect, was robbed for another DP rifle at one time.
    all the ones from this group came from the Ca, ROTC. and had tages statting such.
    i have less then 250.00 cash money tied up in this, and it shoots better then any non DP A3 iv owned.
    and the only A3 i keep in my collection.
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    Chuck,

    I've also built several. Two are in military configuration and two are sporters. All are now being used by family members. I have one nice Smith Corona left that will be rise like a pheonix soon with new parts.

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    Chuck,

    The "RA" , ordnance wheel, and "FJA" look like they were stamped just before the photo shoot. Did you do that, or did the stock come that way?

    Please advise,

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    they were inded stamped by me, a few years ago, i did them deap for a reason.
    they are exact, and if done lightly, even the best expert wouldnt be able to tell.
    no, i dont hump up fake A4 stocks, they are used for my restorations services, and only if the markings were on the stock to begin with,
    and if im doing the restoration.
    i dont advertise my stamps on Ebay, or offer to stamp a stock with whatevr one you like,
    they wernt cheap, at 125.00 each stamp, i get what i pay for.
    i have some others as well, and they are exact, and hardened, i dont want to list them, as i dont advertise that i offer it.
    just like restoring US property on a 1911, it has to have been on the firearm, and ground or sanded off, before ill put it back on.

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    Hey Chuck,

    Hope you didn't take my posting as saying you did anything wrong. It was just my dry sense of humor. We both know that those markings would only be on an original production rifle, and we both know that Remington didn't use Keystone "C" stocks on original production rifles...Right???

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    lol, didnt take anything wrong,
    when i first did that stock, i had just got the stamps i had made, so i had to try em out.
    nope didnt even get a bite, one had a couple hours to burn that morning,
    came back with a smile and a clear head, Suzy had fun watching the ducks and geese,
    i call her my watch dog, she likes to watch and stare.

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    you cleaned the weld up pretty nice

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    they really arent that hard to do if you take your time and use the right tools.
    like i said , iv done a few of them.
    some look better then others.
    save the big power tools for other jobs..a couple small cuts with a drimell tool is all that was needed to free the old cut off.
    and a plastic hammer.
    i score it like glass, right along the line were the 2 parts meet.
    pull the cut off pin. and the ejector.
    then wack it a couple time with a heavy plastic headed hammer.
    they pop right out, and leave a clean break.
    some just fall right out, as the weld didnt go through the grease and oil.
    clean the rest up with a small file, and maybe a dremill with small grinding bits.
    clean up the rest by hand. and then check function with a new cut off, and new bolt.
    sometime weld slag gets into the bolt way, and hangs it up, this should be cleaned up by hand with a small draw file.

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    Looks great. Were these the $10 barreled receivers from about 4-5 years ago or was there a later batch that I missed??

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