My replica M1941 USMC Sniper

[jason60chev]

Hello Battle Tested Friends,

Am new to this forum and thought I'd share a few of my M1903 Springfield rifles. I absolutely Love the M1903
and currently own 17 of them, with only one being an A3 (Very nice arsenal refinished Remington). An all correct
M1903 MkI, a Rock Island, a Documented USMC rifle and one for every year from 1929 throu 1941 with a matching serial
number/Barrel date. Oh!.......and a Documented 1932 National Match in beautiful condition.

I put the sniper rifle together from parts. Started with an SA 1932 star gaged barrel with MW 2 that I had in the safe. I
also had the Pre-War C stock. Purchased the 1932 receiver on GunBroker. The Lyman 8x Targetspot scope is not a USMC
Unertl (Big Bucks).....it looks very similar and is approved for the VSR match. It came with a spoterized Mauser from
GunBroker. I removed the scope and sold the Mauser for $400 at a gun show, so I am into the scope for about $400. Bruce
Dow of the Dow Arms Room in Dade City, Florida, installed/headspaced the barrel, drilled/tapped for the scope mounts and
modified the front hand guard and bore sighted the rifle, all for about $100.

The rifle shoots very well, but I am still learning the scope adjustments and really haven;t had a lot of time for that or getting
it sighted in/zeroed. Did have a brief opportunity to fire at 1000 yards. Upon firing, I could refocus back onto the target in time
to see the impact of the round!!!

The target in the one photo is from the very first time I had the rifle at the range at 100 yards. I can't seem to do much better than
I can with iron sights. I didn;t have a rest at that time.

Enjoy