1903 and O3-A3 Springfields, getting close to 100 years old and still good hunting rifles.
.30 Gov’t 1906 of course.
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Sporterized MilSurps
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1903 and O3-A3 Springfields, getting close to 100 years old and still good hunting rifles.
.30 Gov’t 1906 of course.
I have a couple of sporterized Lee Enfields, well one nice Sporter and one Bubba. Although the Bubba has taken a bunch of whitetail.
I need to dig them out for pictures
I need to dig them out for pictures
One more Springfield Sporter, a 1943 Smith Corona 03-A3.
Very nice! Does that bottom rifle have a Fajen stock on it? It looks just like one I have that was on my Dad's
1928 Springfield 30-06. It had been sporterized too. The barrel sleeve with the ladder sight had been removed and Lyman target and front site installed and Fajen Monte Carlo stock. I have restored it back to military configuration. I kept the stock and original barrel though.
1928 Springfield 30-06. It had been sporterized too. The barrel sleeve with the ladder sight had been removed and Lyman target and front site installed and Fajen Monte Carlo stock. I have restored it back to military configuration. I kept the stock and original barrel though.
Red Baron
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Don't really want to find fault, but it looks like a commerial Mark X Mauser 98 to me. (One of my favorites.)
Oops, you are right, it is my Interarms Mark X.
Pictures on my phone are hard to see sometimes.
This is the Smith Corona
The bottom one in the pic of three is a Remington 1903 built in Nov 1942, according to serial # lookup.
It is set in a Bishop stock with what appears to me to be USGI bottom metal.
However, I misspoke, unlike the other three this one has been rebarreled and is chambered in .243 Winchester. The magazine has not been blocked but it still feeds the shorter .243 cartridge without any problem.
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