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  1. cplnorton

    1903A4

    If you don't have the tool. Pull the barreled action. Put the front of the barrel in a padded vise, or between two soft blocks of wood in the vise, as close as you can behind the front sight to hold it secure. But also giving you enough room to drive the front sight off. Then take the lower...
  2. cplnorton

    1903A4

    It looks like a pretty nice rifle. They do make a front sight puller for these. It just slips on the end of the barrel and then is like a press with a screw that tightens on the muzzle and pulls the front sight off. I think I have the tool if you are local to Northwest Ohio. Personally...
  3. cplnorton

    M40 needed a Greenie

    Yeah I have no idea what happened. I sent in one and got it back and sent in the 2nd and then he said he wasnt doing anymore and basically cut off communication. I think I heard from him once after and then radio silence. :( I think it was $375 shipped back to you if I remember right.
  4. cplnorton

    M40 needed a Greenie

    I sent one to Toki to get done but I never got it back and he stopped answering my emails about getting it back. So there is definitely a need for someone to do this service for people. Your scope looks great. You should really consider doing a side gig. :)
  5. cplnorton

    Other vintage rifle forums? (for son)

    For Krag and Trapdoors it used to be Jouster and the Milsurps forum. But both forums are basically dead. Just be warned you run into a lot of old grouchy guys who collect those platforms. ;) Gunboards and the CMP forum is where some of the old Grouchy guys have migrated to. But most of them...
  6. cplnorton

    calling on Springfield M1922 experts (please move to rimfire )

    I am far from an expert on the .22 M1903's, but I've looked at a lot and owned a lot of them. I don't remember a Remington .22 barrel. I also doubt it would be a 1935 dated one. Remington did some custom barrels for the commercial market. I don't think Remington had any 03 contracts for...
  7. cplnorton

    USMC M40A1 Return Stock Case Study (The Progression of McMillian Stocks)

    Charlie112 E6378916 was built April 1998. Thanks for sharing it!
  8. cplnorton

    USMC M40A1 Return Stock Case Study (The Progression of McMillian Stocks)

    I bet you are right. Looking at it again, I think you nailed it. E6378916 was a serial. I can double check when I get home when it was built. But it was a rifle that shows in the 2000 inventory log for Sniper School.
  9. cplnorton

    USMC M40A1 Return Stock Case Study (The Progression of McMillian Stocks)

    I don't know what is going on with this one. I don't have a 9168. I have a 9568. What is the story on it? Did it come directly from McMillian in the return stocks? If it is from PWS, I almost wonder if was built after the M40A1 program was over?
  10. cplnorton

    M40a1 build guide

    I asked Chandler about these scopes years back and what he told me is they got them in, and they did not hold zero, so they sent them back into Redfield. He said a few of the guys at PWS kept a couple, including him, but all the rest went back. When I asked him if they were marked, he told me...
  11. cplnorton

    M40a1 build guide

    If the US Property marking is legit, and that is sort of a big if. But if it was real it would likely to be to another branch than the Marines.
  12. cplnorton

    USMC M40A1 Return Stock Case Study (The Progression of McMillian Stocks)

    Serial 224,386 was built into a M40A1 in July 1977.
  13. cplnorton

    USMC Unertl 8X

    The only thing I would say if I was trying to decide between the two, what is your budget? I think it would be a lot more money to build a M70 than a M1903. But it depends on how correct you want to go as well. If you wanted to approach it from a history aspect, the M70 was likely only used...
  14. cplnorton

    USMC Unertl 8X

    I don't run it. It's actually a guy name Tim Plowman who does. He just has a lot of my pictures and research posted on there. As far as my vote Jeremy, I would have both. :)
  15. cplnorton

    U.S. Restoration on M-40 Receiver

    This is the one above after I parkerized it, painted it, and then aged and wore the paint. This was actually the first Sniper clone I ever put together. Which to be honest I was really happy how it turned out.
  16. cplnorton

    U.S. Restoration on M-40 Receiver

    Oh I'm tracking now. Yeah I do have all the measurements of the stamps. When I went to the Marine Museum, they had several unissued 1966 M40's in their vault so I documented them. I took calipers with me to measure everything and then I also took rubbings of them so if I ever encountered a...
  17. cplnorton

    U.S. Restoration on M-40 Receiver

    Yes. But the guy who has it doesn't want it to be known who has it. Maybe in the future he will. But right now that isnt an option. But yes he has an original one from Remington.
  18. cplnorton

    U.S. Restoration on M-40 Receiver

    I found a local gunsmith who did laser engravings and I provided all the measurements and this is what we came up. The only catch, he accidentally didn't save the file. :( So it's gone. If we did it again, we would unfortunately be starting from scratch. This pic was right after it was...
  19. cplnorton

    USMC M40A1 Return Stock Case Study (The Progression of McMillian Stocks)

    The only (1515) M40A1 serial was 221515.
  20. cplnorton

    USMC M40A1 Return Stock Case Study (The Progression of McMillian Stocks)

    Tfont48, your 4359 is for 224359 which was built in March 1978. Thanks for posting it! I will add it in the pics above. :)
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