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    My A4

    I finally relearned how to post photos to this board. I posted one last night, as a test, and had a request to post more. This is my A4 that I have owned about three years now. I bought it from a kid who said it was his grandpa's. He said that his grandpa got it "from the Army" back in the sixties. It was complete, except for the scope, and I know the DCM sold them that way then, so that made sense. Kid said that as far as he remembered, it had only been shot twice since purchase, and he had a box of commercial .30-06 in the case with it....with two rounds missing. Stands to reason that no one would shoot it more than that, because without the scope, there was no way to aim it. I kinda hated taking an heirloom from the kid, and even told him that he should hang onto it because it would only be worth more in the future. But, for some reason, he wanted to turn it into cash. The stock, although functional, was much rougher than the barrrell and receiver, and also was sporting an arsenal-repaired split. I placed it in a new, CMPicon stock, which matched its finish much better. I also found a Weaver 33 scope (although, the civilian version with the post reticle, and screw adjustments). I love this rifle.
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    Very nice Rifle thanks for sharing

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    Looks great...
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    Its a very nice looking rifle and a good pick up, if they want to sell then perhaps the young person had a higher use for the much needed cash.

    I must ask and please do not take this the wrong way anyone but the amount you have had to shim the front end on the mount makes me think that it may have been better to have a block machined up in the correct height & profile if you have a machinist friend, rather than all that packing any competent machinist could do it a CNC would whip one up in a jiffy why there may even be a small market for them who knows.

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    Very nice rifle!
    May I suggest putting in some "relief" at the rear of the receiver. You need some clearance between the receiver and stock to avoid spitting the wood.
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    Right

    I'm not one of those that say you should have done this, or that. In most cases these people are just trying to find faults in your rifle because its not theirs. I think it's a beautiful rifle, and thank you for showing it to us.
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    I did not pick a fault skip but one would wonder how layering shim metal like that will stand up to repeated firings without moving around altering the sights I think its a great looking rifle as well but to put some thing like that in place of a properly profiled and machined piece suitably parked or blued would only add to the beauty of the rifle rather than have something there that Bubba would have done.........

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    I wouldn't mess with the shims. That's exactly as installed by the armory, using 3 different thicknesses of brass shims. To discourage end users from messing with them, the 2 mounting screws were punch staked.

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    I have an '03A4 I bought through the DCM in 1971. Unfortunately it came to me looking like it had been in a war. It is not a pretty as some but has the original parts and finish. It has the very obvious brass shims between the receiver ring and the sight base.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CINDERS View Post
    Its a very nice looking rifle and a good pick up, if they want to sell then perhaps the young person had a higher use for the much needed cash.

    I must ask and please do not take this the wrong way anyone but the amount you have had to shim the front end on the mount makes me think that it may have been better to have a block machined up in the correct height & profile if you have a machinist friend, rather than all that packing any competent machinist could do it a CNC would whip one up in a jiffy why there may even be a small market for them who knows.
    Trying to keep it as close as possible to original. And, that is how they were done when new.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ed skeels View Post
    Very nice rifle!
    May I suggest putting in some "relief" at the rear of the receiver. You need some clearance between the receiver and stock to avoid spitting the wood.
    Ed
    Thanks. I did relieve around the rear tang. Not a lot, but there is clearance.

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