Yes, I have one 03 in the safe. It belonged to my FIL and my Son has laid claim to it.
The inside of the barrel looks like forty miles of bad road. But hell it is probably near 100 years old, and burned corrosive ammo for the first third of its life.
The stock has been chopped up, and miltary hardware removed.
I intend to have a barrel fitted, set up for scope mounts, and a trigger before I hand it over. Probably will be a 24 inch in 25-06, with a duplicate taper. Maybe keep the old stock just for nostalgia, so it still looks like PaPa's rifle. And finally ceracote the barreled action to match the present finish.
There is an extra VX-2 3-9x40 sitting here that would work well.
That is about #4 on my to do list.
