Milsurp After Hours

Recently picked up a sportered 1917 and 1903A3. Both look like they can be re militarized fairly easily:

The 1917 is an Eddystone, with a High Standard barrel. The bore gauges just over a "0" on the CMP muzzle gauge and is shiny with strong rifling. The bolt will not close on a field gauge.




The 03A3 is in a nice looking maple stock. Hasn't arrived yet, but is described as being a Remington with metal intact and having a Smith Corona barrel with a "very good bore" . Came with a nice looking leather sling



Plan is to re-militarize them when I can find the wood.

Like that maple stock, looks like it was made for someone with long fingers; don't often see stocks with the Wundhammer swell either.

The 03A3 still has not arrived, but I discovered this additional pic on the auction house website:

The Eddystone has a Bubba did it stock. I'd restock it. But the 03A3 has an exceptionally nice store bought stock. I'd keep it as an example of how these old military guns were converted, sometimes, in pleasant ways.

Calfed wrote:
Plan is to re-militarize them when I can find the wood.

The US Civilian Marksmanship Program has some very nice looking wood for 1903A3 rifles. I bought a 1903 from them that had a severely gouged Type C stock on it that looks awful. I'm reluctant to change my stock because the rifle shoots so well. Maybe when the barrel shoots out . . .

No pictures of them on the website right now:
https://estore.odcmp.com/store/catalog/ ... ote5=&max=

The sported 03A3 arrived at my FFL's yesterday and I got a chance to look it over before it went into the safe for the obligatory 10 day "coolin off" period.

It is as described, metal is unmolested, SC barrel on a Remington receiver. Bore is shiny, rifling is strong, muzzle gauges a "1" on the CMP gauge, won't close on a field gauge. The stock is as pretty in person as in the pictures.

Now, to see how it shoots..