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  1. cplnorton

    Consecutive serial number pair of USMC 1903-A1's

    I honestly have no clue what that marking is. I don't think there is any chance it's Marine. I almost honestly wonder if it's something foreign? I've seen some really weird markings such as this that had a foreign origin.
  2. cplnorton

    Consecutive serial number pair of USMC 1903-A1's

    Btw it was pretty common in the 50's/60's guys would engrave their DL# or SS# on a firearm. A lot of the gun magazines of the day actually recommended it just in case they were stolen. I do know of one legit USMC 1903A1 Unertl that has a DL# engraved on it on the rear sight base.
  3. cplnorton

    Consecutive serial number pair of USMC 1903-A1's

    When a legit 1903A1 Unertl Sniper pops up the guys with deep pockets come out. lol So they usually sell pretty for a decent chunk. 99% of them never hit the public, they are usually traded among the top collectors. Is there any chance you took any pics of these? I just always advise to...
  4. cplnorton

    Redfield 1903A? Scope Mount. Legit or Repro? Update

    Here are a few of the things that don't look right to me. It might be the pics but it looks like it has a Step in the side. All I have ever seen are completely flat. I've never seen one with a step. Also in that pocket, the machining is so rough in there. It seems in several spots the...
  5. cplnorton

    Redfield 1903A? Scope Mount. Legit or Repro? Update

    The more I look at this mount, the more I really am not sure if it is real. A lot of the lines and angles just don't look right to me. Also it's missing one very big trait of a real mount. They actually staked the left screw. I put a blue arrow to the staking. Every real A4 I have seen...
  6. cplnorton

    Redfield 1903A? Scope Mount. Legit or Repro? Update

    Almost all 03A4's encountered today have went thru some form of rebuild. So knowing exactly any variations that were in WWII is really hard to say, as rifles have been reworked or a lot have been sporterized and restored. I personally have never seen an A4 mount that did not have the Redfield...
  7. cplnorton

    Unertl MST 100 on Gunbroker

    The bidders always hope it will go under the radar and get a good deal. :) I was watching it. If it went for the right price I would have bid.
  8. cplnorton

    Marine Team Rifle returns to Camp Perry 96 yrs later

    The Wikipedia page for GySgt Morris Fisher. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Fisher
  9. cplnorton

    Marine Team Rifle returns to Camp Perry 96 yrs later

    So I finally got a chance to travel across the country to go thru Col Cutt's personal records and I found out some more history on this rifle. Col Cutt's installed the Compensator on the barrel of my Receiver with the intent for GySgt Morris Fisher to use it at the 1927 Wimbledon Cup at Camp...
  10. cplnorton

    New McMillan HTG M40A1 smear stocks!!!

    On Monday I had a private tour of the museum's holdings and Random Guy is 100% right. They had a handful of M40A1's and there were definite variations in them. After seeing those rifles I would not in anyway get out a set of calipers for a barrel. There were some considerable differences...
  11. cplnorton

    Van Orden Winchester M-70 's

    Random Guy is right, I don't have any doubt this is just a match rifle from the late 50's. I found the docs for Army Ordnance where they ordered several hundred Model 70's in the mid to late 50's. These are the US Property ones you see the CMP sell in the 300/400k serial range...
  12. cplnorton

    2024 CMP Games 1954-1976 Vintage Sniper Rules

    For the Marines all evidence points to only pre 64 Model 70s. But for the Army this was not the case for the Vietnam War. Granted there was only a little over 100 total model 70 snipers serving in both branches in Vietnam, but still... The CMP is not correct on this.
  13. cplnorton

    M40 New Manufacture Stock

    I did buy one a while back mostly because I was curious how close they were to an original. With enough work you can actually get them decently close. The biggest problem was the front nose on the repo is much thicker and you have to sand off a substantial amount to make it more correct to...
  14. cplnorton

    I built original m40

    Smiley it is an honor to meet you! So you worked at the Remington Custom shop in the 60's? One Question I would have is this, did you have any understanding of who you were actually building the M40's for? What I mean by this is, were you building M40's for other organizations besides the...
  15. cplnorton

    Christmas gift thread! Please read instructions to participate!

    M40
  16. cplnorton

    M70 Sniper Build, new to me.

    The Marine rifle teams actually used the Lyman Supertargetspots on their Model 70 team rifles. So it looks pretty good. :)
  17. cplnorton

    Snipery Steady-Rest Mounted M1919

    GySgt John Basilone approves. :)
  18. cplnorton

    Possible Van Orden M70 Target rifle

    In Ancestry.com they have the Marine Rosters, I looked up the E.R. Frye name and I do not see a Marine by that name. They have the rosters till 1958 in there, so if he was a Marine, I would expect his name to be in there. Now when I look at that Frye name on the book, it is by a Copyright...
  19. cplnorton

    New McMillan HTG M40A1 smear stocks!!!

    We need to almost start a new thread and show how to do the modifications and also where we can order the correct hardware for the trigger guard. I have a return smear I'm trying to mod the parts for and have seen some pics online and in books. But it would be nice to have a how-to tutorial...
  20. cplnorton

    New McMillan HTG M40A1 smear stocks!!!

    Hey if anyone wants one of these new McMillan Smears and hasn't got one yet, contact me. I got it for a build down the road, but I just lucked into a return smear this week, so I definitely won't be using one now. Sold to MSR_762. Thank you sir!
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