My 03/03a1 project update

[Phil McGrath]

So far so good my C stock came in from Dupage trading and is it nice, a few coats of gunny paste(6) and it looks even sweeter. I went with there pre-war style, it was the best $175.00 spent and that included the handguard and shipping. I ordered on Fri-8/7 Dupage shipped it out on Mon-8/10 and it was at my door on Tues-8/11 Im in Tucson and there up the road in Chandler so this would acount for the very fast service.

Now for the fitment issue, one minor problem is all the screw holes are tight I needed to screw the screws in one or two threads and back them out a few times I even used some chap-stick for lube without any luck, so I stuck with the back and forth method, all seated down fine without any cracking/splits or wood fibers crunching, but man-o-man did my forearm get a workout.

I have also added my fine checkered butt plate with trap it needed a home so on it went, the smooth one just looked out of place. I polished the bolt and follower just because I like the NM look, it does feel slicker than before its non-polished state, but that could be me. I used a flat stone on the sight leaf to remove that black trash and now the graduations are viewable.

Like a kid waiting for Christmas, I ordered a set of USMC sites from Bill Bentz there on the way, I just need to find a USMC front site cover or a good repo and I'm in like Flin.

Sorry no range report yet, I have been working alot of overtime so hopefully next weekend, but if looks counted for X's this is a X-ring killer.


Who can I PM for a SRS check?? not that my rifle is special, I would just like too know if the rifle has any documented history.

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[Loy Hamilton]

So far so good my C stock came in from Dupage trading and is it nice, a few coats of gunny paste(6) and it looks even sweeter. I went with there pre-war style, it was the best $175.00 spent and that included the handguard and shipping. I ordered on Fri-8/7 Dupage shipped it out on Mon-8/10 and it was at my door on Tues-8/11 Im in Tucson and there up the road in Chandler so this would acount for the very fast service.

Now for the fitment issue, one minor problem is all the screw holes are tight I needed to screw the screws in one or two threads and back them out a few times I even used some chap-stick for lube without any luck, so I stuck with the back and forth method, all seated down fine without any cracking/splits or wood fibers crunching, but man-o-man did my forearm get a workout.

I have also added my fine checkered butt plate with trap it needed a home so on it went, the smooth one just looked out of place. I polished the bolt and follower just because I like the NM look, it does feel slicker than before its non-polished state, but that could be me. I used a flat stone on the sight leaf to remove that black trash and now the graduations are viewable.

Like a kid waiting for Christmas, I ordered a set of USMC sites from Bill Bentz there on the way, I just need to find a USMC front site cover or a good repo and I'm in like Flin.

Sorry no range report yet, I have been working alot of overtime so hopefully next weekend, but if looks counted for X's this is a X-ring killer.


Who can I PM for a SRS check?? not that my rifle is special, I would just like too know if the rifle has any documented history.

Here's my project rifle, with Bill Bentz sights.

[Jim Tarleton]

Phil:
PM me for SRS check. I am looking forward to hearing how well she shoots.

Loy:
No SRS hit on yours, Loy. Beautiful rifle.

Jim

[Phil McGrath]

Loy Hamilton, nice looking rifle!! how does it shoot, I was wondering is your sight cover the std cover or the USMC version?


Jim Pm sent. Thanks Phil.

[Loy Hamilton]

Loy Hamilton, nice looking rifle!! how does it shoot, I was wondering is your sight cover the std cover or the USMC version?


Jim Pm sent. Thanks Phil.

Phil

It's a "USMC" type with a larger loop on top to clear the taller sight. The regular version will not clear.

[HKGuns]

That sure looks sweet. Do you have any before pictures? Also, what did you do to the metal?