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Re: 1903-A1 vs. A3?
wildhobbybobby #9116030 08/21/14
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I hope the OP isn't planning on buying a vintage, issue 1903-A1 rifle and then butchering it by mounting a scope on it eek

For that matter, doing the same thing to an issue 03-A3 is equally cringe-worthy.

If you absolutely have to have an 03 for one of those NRA matches, I would look for (1) an A4 clone, or (2) an 03 of any configuration that has already been buggered up.


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Re: 1903-A1 vs. A3?
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The CMP now has a custom shop that can do most of the work for a vintage sniper rifle. If you can find a suitable 1903 donor action they can barrel, stock and install scope bases for the '03 based 1941 USMC sniper setup. You would have to come up with the 8x Unertl scope, or a Leatherwood reproduction, which are almost as expensive as the rifle. http://www.odcmp.com/Sales/customshop.htm

The quickest and least expensive route is to purchase a Gibbs 1903A4 reproduction and then you wouldn't be butchering an original. http://www.gibbsrifle.com/1903-a4_sniper_rifle.html

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Re: 1903-A1 vs. A3?
tmitch #9119713 08/23/14
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Originally Posted by tmitch
The CMP now has a custom shop that can do most of the work for a vintage sniper rifle. If you can find a suitable 1903 donor action they can barrel, stock and install scope bases for the '03 based 1941 USMC sniper setup. You would have to come up with the 8x Unertl scope, or a Leatherwood reproduction, which are almost as expensive as the rifle. http://www.odcmp.com/Sales/customshop.htm

The quickest and least expensive route is to purchase a Gibbs 1903A4 reproduction and then you wouldn't be butchering an original. http://www.gibbsrifle.com/1903-a4_sniper_rifle.html


at the end of WWII, the scopes were often separated from the o3A4 rifles. A real scope for that rifle a few years ago would cost you about the same as the complete repro gibbs rifle.

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Re: 1903-A1 vs. A3?
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the thing that always struck me kind of funny, is the poor quality of the scopes in use on the 03A4 and the M1D. They really wern't much.
Same as the zf scope on the german K98 scout sniper.

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Re: 1903-A1 vs. A3?
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This one is absolutely deadly back to 600 yards shooting 49.0 grs. IMR4895 and Sierra 168 gr. HPBT/F210M primers.

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