I'm ready to flip a coin. Can't make the plunge.

[MJ1]

308 or 303?
303 or 308?
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[Sigismund]

I'd say .303

[MJ1]

I have enough stuff on hand to restore the 1945 TR. With the left overs I can save the othere rifle with the fat 7.62 barrel.
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I can pair it up with an unused never mounted 303 barrel and sweet 1945 #32 MKIII.




Receiver looks super and no FTR stamps.



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[Skippy]

Too much work, just sell me that ancient scope and be done with it....

Now that that's out of the way, we're mostly Canadian here so I think you'll be getting a lot of votes in favour of .303Brit

[MJ1]

I cleaned about half of the cosmoline off the 303 barrel and it's a new BSA new as in never mounted. Don't remember where I got it. So an M47 rifle with a new BSA barrel answers the question. Well it answers two questions. Now the fat 7.62 will have a home on the '49 with PF numbers. It's very clean '49 receiver.


I haven't bought a new rifle in almost two years so pulling these projects up and dumping bins of parts it like a trip to toy land. The only bit missing is that grub screw to pinch the front sight blade and the correct front sight blade for a T. That barrel never had a sight installed.


Cheers
..MJ..