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<blockquote data-quote="coolhandluke" data-source="post: 2856804" data-attributes="member: 13284"><p>Thanks for the feedback guys.</p><p></p><p>Darren, I picked the rifle up from SSP North. They had received it as well as a SA 1903 and a SA Garand a couple weeks ago. The rifle is an earlier Remington from right around the timeframe the changeover occurred from Remington producing the standard M1903 to the M1903 "modified". It had a new replacement C stock installed, but was mostly correct otherwise...only the follower, buttplate, and rear sling swivel were not Remington and correct for the timeframe. The barrel is an original 12-41 dated Remington. It has little wear and gauges at 1 at both the muzzle and throat. Unfortunately it does have some light pitting throughout, but should still make a decent shooter. I had planned to replace the stock with USGI wood, but original Remington stocks are scarce and pricey so it will likely be replaced with a Keystone C stock if I ever run across one within my budget. After fitting the stock, replacing the handguard with a NOS WWII era piece (thanks GlockCop <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" />), and applying some coats of pure dark tung oil, the rifle looks really nice. I'm just waiting on a buttplate and rear sling swivel to arrive in the mail so that I can finish the rifle and take some photos. Since the stock isn't correct I didn't bother replacing the buttplate with a Remington part...I'm installing a M1922 heavy checkered no-trap buttplate instead since they are much nicer for shooting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="coolhandluke, post: 2856804, member: 13284"] Thanks for the feedback guys. Darren, I picked the rifle up from SSP North. They had received it as well as a SA 1903 and a SA Garand a couple weeks ago. The rifle is an earlier Remington from right around the timeframe the changeover occurred from Remington producing the standard M1903 to the M1903 "modified". It had a new replacement C stock installed, but was mostly correct otherwise...only the follower, buttplate, and rear sling swivel were not Remington and correct for the timeframe. The barrel is an original 12-41 dated Remington. It has little wear and gauges at 1 at both the muzzle and throat. Unfortunately it does have some light pitting throughout, but should still make a decent shooter. I had planned to replace the stock with USGI wood, but original Remington stocks are scarce and pricey so it will likely be replaced with a Keystone C stock if I ever run across one within my budget. After fitting the stock, replacing the handguard with a NOS WWII era piece (thanks GlockCop :)), and applying some coats of pure dark tung oil, the rifle looks really nice. I'm just waiting on a buttplate and rear sling swivel to arrive in the mail so that I can finish the rifle and take some photos. Since the stock isn't correct I didn't bother replacing the buttplate with a Remington part...I'm installing a M1922 heavy checkered no-trap buttplate instead since they are much nicer for shooting. [/QUOTE]
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