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Wartime steel is a new one. They did slightly reduce the Moly
and that's all.

What do you expect from Larry Root?

i based hy varmit rig on a 1929 rockisland love this gun [img]I865.photobucket.com/albums/ab220/lawdog44/100 4691[/img]

sorry about that could not get photo to come up . never could get it right.

The A3s require more "dabs" of straight Nickle to clarify and settle the puddle,in a TIG process then the interwar years actions, IMO. The inter-war year materials wet out and settle cleaner boundary / margin zones than the later stuff, and that would include the M1s, too.

Double lugging a WW2 M1 can be like lighting a FIREWORK, and the only thing I can figure is carbides or oxides included.

I've got notes here that indicate I first made that call close to 20 years ago. Prior to that it was all O2 / Accetylene (for me) and I never really had that degree of control, or ability to look into a puddle that TIG gives.

Less Moly,...who'd a thunk that would make such a difference ?

GTC

Hmmm... Rock Island ceased production of receivers circa the end of WWI. Unfinished and complete receivers left over were shipped to Springfield where they were eventually used up in regular '03 production. Perhaps this one was one of those receivers that was finished up at Springfield around 1929-1930 with a then current barrel. Some people mistake the barrel date for the date when the entire rifle was built, which is grossly erroneous.

yes you are right that was the barrel date, but i changed the barrel to 28 inch douglas xx in 1 in 12 twist 6mm-06, boyds thumbhole stock in forest camo, timney trigger, burris mounts. only thing original is action amd floorplate..