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New Remington 1903 (picture heavy)
Last edited by Calfed; 07-25-2010 at 08:09 PM.
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07-25-2010 08:01 PM
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Appears to be a Greek return. With that C stock and sweet barrel, I'll bet it'll do 'ya right at the range! Nice rifle, thanks for sharing!
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What you have is one of the Greek "returns" sold by the CMP. The numbers on the bolt were the last 4 digits of the SN - ike as on the stock. Of course, many bolts were mixed up. They were spaked in cosmolins - the stock will need to be sweated some more or you will find the fore-end gets a slippery feel to it when shooting more than a few rounds thru it. I don't remember what CMP orginally sold them for
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Hey Calfed,
Have read that those HS barrels are really fine. Yea, Greek return. Nice WWII C stock. It looks like the handguard was replaced, and it is one of the Booher made ones, least attractive one I think. Wouldn't feel guilty about changing it out with a Remington guard with a smoother profile and matching the stock color. Bill Ricca might still have some NOS ones left. Not expensive and would improve the looks of your rifle.
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Thanks for the feed back, guys.
I'll try to get to the range and provide a range report.
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Wow, what a fine 03! Congrats Steve!
All the best
Ulrich
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A very nice looking rifle & undoubtedly a Greek return sold by the CMP. I can't tell from the picture, but is there a B stamped on the floor plate? The Greeks pinned the floor plates closed with a brass pin (easy to remove) & stamped a B on the floor plate. If it is not there, some one swapped it.
Also, not closing on a Field gauge does not guarantee correct headspace; I have seen a small number of HS rebarreled 1903s with insufficient head space; the bolt would not close on a Go gauge. The barrels were short chambered & needed to be finish reamed. If the bolt closes easily on factory round, you should be OK. If you have to force it closed, have a competent gunsmith finish ream it. The upside is that you have a brand new barrel!
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Originally Posted by
gunner
Wow, what a fine 03! Congrats Steve!
All the best
Ulrich
Thanks, Ulrich! always glad to hear from you.
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Originally Posted by
Kirk
A very nice looking rifle & undoubtedly a Greek return sold by the
CMP. I can't tell from the picture, but is there a B stamped on the floor plate? The Greeks pinned the floor plates closed with a brass pin (easy to remove) & stamped a B on the floor plate. If it is not there, some one swapped it.
Also, not closing on a Field gauge does not guarantee correct headspace; I have seen a small number of HS rebarreled 1903s with insufficient head space; the bolt would not close on a Go gauge. The barrels were short chambered & needed to be finish reamed. If the bolt closes easily on factory round, you should be OK. If you have to force it closed, have a competent gunsmith finish ream it. The upside is that you have a brand new barrel!
Thanks, Kirk.
I could not find a "B" on the floor plate. However, neither could I get the floor plate off when I was cleaning out the cosmo. Would the brass pin be visible from the top of the magazine looking in?
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Hi Steve,
thank you! I was very busy the last time and hope to get more time to being around here again!
All the best
Ulrich
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Originally Posted by
Calfed
I could not find a "B" on the floor plate. However, neither could I get the floor plate off when I was cleaning out the cosmo. Would the brass pin be visible from the top of the magazine looking in?
No, you have to take the trigger guard out of the stock. The pins were horizontal near the floorplate latch area. If it has one, you will see it from the side. Floorplate could also be "stuck" to the TG with dried grease.
HTH,
Emri
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