Drill Rifle Completed

[mixmaster]

Here are the pics of my drill rifle I finally finished. I left the chrome on it as the cost was to high to have it removed and I sure wasn't going to fool anyone in to thinking it was only restored! The one thing most impressive about it was despite the chrome it is a very accurate rifle. Most of the parts are NOS but the stock and barrel are not.as well as some small parts as you can(hopefully) see
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[mixmaster]

OK Here we go againhttp://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv34/mixmaster1981/photo2.jpg

[mixmaster]

Having trouble posting picshttp://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv34/mixmaster1981/photo6.jpg

[mixmaster]

pics seem to be workinghttp://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv34/mixmaster1981/photo.jpg

[mixmaster]

This pic does not show well as the as it shows up a mess when in fact there is only a small cut that hardly shows when you are handling the riflehttp://i667.photobucket.com/albums/vv34/mixmaster1981/photo1.jpg

[mixmaster]

I hope you enjoy my pics as both the pics and the build were a lot of fun!
Thanks all
Mix

[Prince Humperdink]

You did well My Friend!

[Lialos]

Was this one of CMP's demilled drill rifles, and you brought it back to life?

[mixmaster]

This was one on sale on GB for $59.00. No one bid on it and so I bought it to see what could be done with it. A later one was $69.00 from the same seller and it was never welded,It came as complete without the follower or follower spring. He still has a couple that are not plated for around $170.00 but those are ones that had been demilled. No one seems to bid on them so you might still find them for sale. I bought this one for the challenge of restoring it. My next one will be a demilled M1 from CMP, just waiting to hear how much damage was done in the process to see if it is worth the effort.
Mix

[Germann]

What all did you have to do to get her back to shooting status? I have been looking for a 1903. We used them as drill rifles and for gun salutes when I was an ROTC cadet. I did bot think they could be brought back.

[mixmaster]

The rifle had the barrel tack welded and the cut off was welded to prevent the bolt from being removed. I cut the tack weld off both the cut off and the barrel and I now had a receiver ready to be built. The M1 rifles are welded so the op rod won't come back far enough to remove it. barrel is tack welded but a cut is made on the bottom of the receiver that does not show the barrel is welded shut and the firing pin hole is welded the gas tube has the lock welded and the plug is also welded so you can't remove the gas tube. Not all the M1s are deactivated in this way but all the ones I have seen from CMP are. That is known as the luck of the draw. The O3 as I have seen are easier to restore with out a lot of effort but you can do all of the prep with a little cut off wheel and a Dremel.O3 parts are getting harder to find so go to Gun Broker and see what The Old Western Scrounger has to offer. I see some receivers still being sold by him for $139 to $179.00 and the work had already been done. In one of the pics you can see where I cut the weld and I forgot, not all the receivers are nickled.
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