replica A4 built by me..

[Chuckindenver]

in the past iv built a few replica A4,s for shooters and guys that play Army..
had some bits and parts sitting,..and a D&T action..
had this just about done a few weeks ago, but have been sick for a while...
with all the hipe with Gibbs recovered Drill rifles..i thought id do a replica, and use good parts.
real Weaver 330C and real Redfield base and rings, a nice looking bolt, and real GI stock, real GI barrel.
ill shoot with a good scope and see how it groups in the next week or 2 after i get some bluing work caught up...still feel kinda crappy

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[Badger]

Nice work Chuck ..

Thanks for the pics ...

Hope you're up feeling 18 again soon ...

Regards,
Badger

[Chuckindenver]

thanks, its been one of those whats next things,.
a few months ago, i had some work done on my knee, had some fluid, so they extracted that, cleaned up the inside, and gave me some meds to keep the fluid from comming back.
well, a while down the road, i have a real sore back, think i just pulled something, and i go to the back cracker...says,,,nothing wrong with my back, kidney is acting up.
go back to the hospital a couple days later, and wake up with tubes in every hole god gave me.
they had shutdown, and gave me septic shock...
i survive that, and am on the mend.
i wake up one morning to hear drip drip under my toilet,,check the toilet,, its fine. still hear drip drip..
look in my crawl space, i have 3 feet of water under my house, main water line sprung a leak, was spraying water on the bottom of the floorboard, and dripping in the standing water.
i get a pump, shut the water off, roll around for 3 days in the cold and mud, in my fishing waders, finally fix the water issue..
then 2 days later, i come down with a nasty cold, that turns into a flu,
lay in bed for a few days, and now and then try and get a days work in...that just makes it worse.
i wake up one morning in the ER, and they hook me back up to the machines again....gawd..i aint that old..
so...finally i have a week of getting better, finally getting some work done.
today is the trial for starting up my blue tanks.
you wouldnt think that that would kick your butt, but trust me..having custic fumes around your head for 8 hours sucks the life out of you..
so will see.

[Badger]

thanks, its been one of those whats next things,.

Sounds like you've had quite the adventure ...

I know the feeling though. My last few months have been similar. I wake up every morning and I discover something else doesn't work...

I guess at 62, I should expect to be a little rough around the edges, but ...

Take care ...

Regards,
Doug

[Jim Tarleton]

Nice job, Chuck. Who made that bolt?

Hope you get better. You are no spring chicken anymore. I know from experience that age will get ya'!

Jim

[Chuckindenver]

have no idea who made the bolt, i was going to use a real one, but when i found this in a box of parts, i thought it was close enough for a replica.

[praetorianseven]

Good morning,
This is my first posting and like many of you hard core collectors, I'm looking for something. I own a beautiful Smith Corona 03A3 that I should probably leave alone, but I'm wanting to mount one of the replica M73B1 scopes to it. I have a spare 03 bolt that I'm working on to "dremel" it into a "turn down" bolt to allow room for the scope, but I was hoping to locate an 03A4 bolt already built that way. Any suggestions (besides those of you who will tell me to leave that pristine rifle the way it is)?

Praetorianseven

[emmagee1917]

Most folks here would not help you take a rifle worth $ 750 + and tell you how to spend $ 300 or so on it to turn it into a $ 150-250 gun.
Sorry.......we just care too much.
Chris

[duggaboy]

just say no: I can't abide trying to fake a nice o3 bolt deal for what? go get a remington and do it right. the smith cor should not be screwed around.

[msp2640]

I've been reading here for a long time, never posted before. Nice work on the rifle. I've been toying with doing the same thing, using up some parts that are collecting dust and bring back an A3 receiver that was already drilled for something else to life. I'm definitely more of a shooter than a purist and will most likely wind up with a mix of milled and stamped parts, but will still make 30 cal holes down range. Well done on your project - Hope you get back on your feet completely soon and the ground under them dries out. Thanks for sharing the photos - Bill L