Milsurp After Hours

i have a nice looking remington M1903A3 , a previous owner tried to put together an A4 version with near authentic parts and modifications ,

it had issues that precluded shooting it , i thought about it a long time and decided i liked it , had sentimental attachement to it as it was , and desired to plink with it ,

i set up a conversion , enlisted the help of roy boone - a very talented machineist and extrordinary collector in japanese emphasis , sent him the parts and he turned my insert , i finaly got it back together , shot it and am happy with the results ,

this is a brief photo essay of the project :

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original pile of parts

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changed bolt to M2 22cal

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insert turned from an old rifle bbl from a very cheap kids rifle

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oil quench case hardened

sent to me

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i had to head space it to my rifle after it got hear but that was not a big deal

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reassembled

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looks like it always did and still feels the same

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took it to the range , shot it at 75yds , and im satisfied with the results considering my ineptitudes and the vintage scope ,

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all-in-all a very fun project , id recomend to anyone who is bored and has a rifle that should be sold as parts

Thats just brilliant!!!! Great post and pics. That guy did a great job with the insert. I wouldnt mind one for my rifle.

Ian

that is cool I really like the insert also.

Me to cool.

Wow, nice work...

thanks it was a labor of love and a bit of obsecion in that i wanted to shoot it , if anyone would like i can give you roy boones contact off line by PM and you may have one too , it was really not a bad shooter when i took it to the range eather ,

it shoots OK too , i enjoy plinking with the single shots a lot

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