Quote Originally Posted by axemurderer View Post
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.