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What to look for when purchasing an M1 Garand?
With the trigger group removed, there should be no (zero) fore and aft movement of the receiver in the stock...if there is movement, accuracy will suffer. Also, when closing the trigger guard after reinstalling the trigger group, you should feel resistance as the hook of the guard passes the tip...- Dan M
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- Forum: Vintage Sniper Rifles
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What do I have here? Warning to Collectors
In the image with the pen point directed to the letter S, you can see the vestiges of the letter N above the pen from the original Remington 03A3 markings that were ground off. Also, the T and O in Remington looks off. ETA- the E in Remington is cockeyed... handstamped. A real 03A4 is marked as...- Dan M
- Post #16
- Forum: Vintage Sniper Rifles
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What do I have here? Warning to Collectors
The stock is definitely humped... Ordnance escutcheon and Atwood stamp are fake. I first looked and the photos on my iPhone... on the desktop monitor you can see where the top of the receiver has grind marks.- Dan M
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- Forum: Vintage Sniper Rifles
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What do I have here? Warning to Collectors
Not exactly sure what is up with that rifle....the S/N has a lot of displaced metal around the digits....as to the barrel, any rifle that failed targeting as a sniper rifle was completed as a standard 03A3 service rifle with iron sights.- Dan M
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- Forum: Vintage Sniper Rifles
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Lovatt calculator - SMLE Mk VII
It is probably a century old or so... there are probably only paper documents for that patent submission... digitizing all those old files would be laborious. interestingly enough, a gentleman from West Virginia filed for a US Patent for an "analog calculator for determining the deflection of a...- Dan M
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- Forum: Vintage Sniper Rifles
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How many bolt guns do you own?
Turn bolt or Straight pull? In either case, far more that I care to admit publically.- Dan M
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- Forum: Bolt Action Rifles
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Lovatt calculator - SMLE Mk VII
Interesting piece of kit. There is a Provisional Patent number on the lid... that would be the starting point for looking for info if someone was so inclined. Someplace in an archive that most probably resembles the warehouse from the closing scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark is the document...- Dan M
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- Forum: Vintage Sniper Rifles
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7x57mm custom Mauser Identification?
http://www.gotavapen.se/gota/artiklar/rifles_se/rifles_se.htm I use that site for General Swede information...take a look at what they have listed as a Partisan Rifle... the receiver looks strangely familiar.- Dan M
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- Forum: Vintage Sniper Rifles
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7x57mm custom Mauser Identification?
Looks like a Husqvarna 648...good stuff. Excellent cartridge that 7x57.- Dan M
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- Forum: Vintage Sniper Rifles
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1903 Springfield
What serial number range is the receiver? If it is Springfield Armory below 800,000 or a Rock Island Arsenal under 285,507 I wouldn’t bother...single treated springfield class c steel and not recommended to shoot. Everything you could ever want to know about that subject is in Hatcher’s...- Dan M
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- Forum: Vintage Sniper Rifles
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Help me identify my Grandpas rifle.
If they don’t have it in stock, be patient, they will get it in. I buy my 11.15x60R Mauser components from them...decent source for obscure, obsolete ammo.- Dan M
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- Forum: Vintage Sniper Rifles
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Help me identify my Grandpas rifle.
Buffalo Arms used to have 11x52R 1878 cartridge in boxes of 20, the shipped price per cartridge is around $5 each...$82 a box of 20 plus shipping. The Dutch used the 11.3x50R in the single shot 1871and the “new” 11x52R in the 1871/88 Beaumont-Vitali magazine rifle.- Dan M
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- Forum: Vintage Sniper Rifles
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Opinions for multiple “rack grade” Ar purchase
Another thought is to buy a quality platform and sufficient tooling and spare components to support it. My work carbine and my training carbine are set up identically...and both are on their second barrels and bolts...I do shoot a lot... put north of 16,000 rounds through my training gun. I...- Dan M
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- Forum: Semi-Automatic Rifles
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Opinions for multiple “rack grade” Ar purchase
Colt 6920 is a good baseline- Dan M
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- Forum: Semi-Automatic Rifles
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Is there any doubt this is "special"?
The C.O.A. would need to be checked out by a questioned documents examiner before I would ever consider spending that kind of money on a K43..not enough provenance to justify the expenditure for a clean but otherwise unremarkable rifle of that type.- Dan M
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- Forum: Vintage Sniper Rifles
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This is Going to Be Harder Than I Thought
Finding nice original M1903s can be challenging. They are humped...not to the extent of the Kar98k but the old maxim Caveat Emptor applies. There is a lot of ignorance regarding originality...some rifles are deliberately misrepresented, others are from lack of knowledge of the sellers. I feel...- Dan M
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- Forum: Vintage Sniper Rifles
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Remington 1903 help needed
Remington produced their own rifle stocks. During overhaul just about any type of serviceable stock could be fitted. On another note, the scant grip C stocks were devised and then produced from left over WW1 era S Stock blanks stored at RIA... there wasn't sufficient material to manufacture C...- Dan M
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- Forum: Vintage Sniper Rifles
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Remington 1903 help needed
Nice rifle with original finish...the stock is more than likely original. It just looks like it was scraped down. Check the left side of the stock to see if there is anything left of the final inspection stamp. It should look like the image below:- Dan M
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- Forum: Vintage Sniper Rifles
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Remington 1903 help needed
The receiver finish color looks right. Here is another early Rem from the collection. The handguard profile for an early Remington should resemble a WW1 M1903.- Dan M
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- Forum: Vintage Sniper Rifles
