a few months ago i had a bug to get one, but went in another direction, but grazing through gander mtn the other day i found one on the used shelf resparking my interest.
remington 03 a3, greyish finish (metal and finish not too beat up), sn 3481262 - from what i've found on the web, manufactured march 1943. appears to have a straight handle bolt, though i believe the high numbered ones supposed to have a swept back. still the top and bottom metal appears to be in very good shape, along with the bolt.
it had A36 stamped on the top of the barrel toward the receiver of the front sight sight, though searched for what that means, i couldn't find anything on it. i didn't notice any other barrel markings at the time, obviously to pursue this any further, i'll check again. i don't know if this was a replacement sporterized barrel.
the stock looked like a regular S type that the front was trimmed down to give a "regular hunting rifle profile - bubba sporterized". there is no handguard or other barrel bands.
the barrel also has a sort of step cut in it about 3"-4" from the muzzle. i looked at A3 "original" replacement barrels on the web but could not see this "step cut" on them in the photos. it is very slight, perhaps i just couldn't see the step cut in the replacement barrel photos.
so the question is, do the A3 barrels have these and is this for where the stock & barrel band should go if it had a full A3 stock?
sticker price is 499.00, if not a real A3 barrel and obviously not an A3 stock, perhaps i can do a little bargaining with the manager, and pick up a stock hardware kit and stock for it (not really concerned about value or being correct, will probably go with a C stock and shoot it regularly while retaining some of the original look). if the original barrel has this step in it, i hope i should be pretty much ok to mount a repro stock and hardware.
though i like the open sights, i also looked at a few "no tap removeable" scope mounts (b square) to add an optic. are these crap or do they actually work?
remington 03 a3, greyish finish (metal and finish not too beat up), sn 3481262 - from what i've found on the web, manufactured march 1943. appears to have a straight handle bolt, though i believe the high numbered ones supposed to have a swept back. still the top and bottom metal appears to be in very good shape, along with the bolt.
it had A36 stamped on the top of the barrel toward the receiver of the front sight sight, though searched for what that means, i couldn't find anything on it. i didn't notice any other barrel markings at the time, obviously to pursue this any further, i'll check again. i don't know if this was a replacement sporterized barrel.
the stock looked like a regular S type that the front was trimmed down to give a "regular hunting rifle profile - bubba sporterized". there is no handguard or other barrel bands.
the barrel also has a sort of step cut in it about 3"-4" from the muzzle. i looked at A3 "original" replacement barrels on the web but could not see this "step cut" on them in the photos. it is very slight, perhaps i just couldn't see the step cut in the replacement barrel photos.
so the question is, do the A3 barrels have these and is this for where the stock & barrel band should go if it had a full A3 stock?
sticker price is 499.00, if not a real A3 barrel and obviously not an A3 stock, perhaps i can do a little bargaining with the manager, and pick up a stock hardware kit and stock for it (not really concerned about value or being correct, will probably go with a C stock and shoot it regularly while retaining some of the original look). if the original barrel has this step in it, i hope i should be pretty much ok to mount a repro stock and hardware.
though i like the open sights, i also looked at a few "no tap removeable" scope mounts (b square) to add an optic. are these crap or do they actually work?