OMG not an other one!!!

[Old Guard]

No the carbine sight will not work. The carbine sight has a dove tail on the sight, the 03a3 sight is grooved and the dovetail is on the receiver. Not sure about the guts of the sight though.

Mike

PS: got my Smith Corona barrel today, my week end is now booked.

Okay, Easily missed the detail about the sight mounts..On Barrels for 1903 versions, I assume the service rifles did not have any-welding??yours showed a big Barrel/rec.weld..mine is about 1/4 inch in diameter...I thought it was done at arsenal, before i read of yours..BTW, Addiction, I had the chance to go to CMP SS a few weeks ago, I could not find another drill rifle in the barrel, that I liked enough to adopt.. One of them had a Gorrila weld at the top, with the bolt firmly welded to the reciever...made me queasy in the stomach..as it was nice rec. Og.

[axemurderer]

Spun on the SC barrel yesterday. waiting on my finish reamer, so I can finish her up.

mike

[mixmaster]

I have just restored two alleged drill rifles. The two were actually used to fire salutes and so were really fully operational just plated like the drill rifles and so they looked like DRs.I replaced the barrels and head spaced them and they were ready to go. As to the sights, I had some NOS sights so I was able to replace the plated ones,but no front sights or pins. SARCO has them but they have to be drilled and fitted. Most of the O3A3 parts are very good from SARCO but look out for what appears to be chinese repo parts when you get the barrel bands. I have restored a number of drill rifles and somewhere on this forum the pics are posted. Anyway I saw the work ahead for the resto on that receiver and all I could think of was good old Dremmel! that and time.I want to try an M1 drill rifle but all I have seen are welded to prevent the removal of the op rod. Went to my buddy Elmer and saw what he had done to one and what it took to do it. So I will hold off till I get more info on the M1 DRs
Mix

[axemurderer]

I do not know how to stop, please help! I just bought two more!

Mike

[Brinks352]

Please do not stop bringing these beautiful rifles back to life.

[Captain Teague]

I'll say. Or was learning how to weld.

I love those SC's!I see that someone really wanted to destroy that cutoff

[axemurderer]

Gotta love those hundred dollar 03a3 barrels.

Mike

Gotta love those hundred dollar 03a3 barrels.

Mike

[Old Guard]

Gotta love those hundred dollar 03a3 barrels.

Mike

Gotta love those hundred dollar 03a3 barrels.

Mike

Mike i finally found that big old pipewrench, In reply to one of the earlier statements, Mine is not a 48 inch, it is a 36 inch..I did see a 48 inch pipewrench in our shop..Monster torque in them..