Milsurp After Hours

I recently got a 1903 MKI at an on-line estate sale.

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Description says:

Serial no.1132010, .30-06 cal., 24" barrel, dark parkerized finish, walnut stocks. "SA" marked barrel is dated "11-19" with Ordnance bomb stamp. Stock cartouches on left side and lower grip. Finger gripstock and Pederson device slot in left receiver.


Also got a Smith Corona A3

That'sa really great find, some blokes have all the luck ; the nearest that I ever came to getting a Pedersen 1903 was just the receiver. That is a great find; now all that you need to do is find the original Pedersen bits

The O3 by itself is good. Hope you were the only one to put in a bid and the price was low.

Thanks, guys.

The MKI and the Smith Corona arrived at my FFL dealer today. Before they went into the safe for the obligatory 10 day "cooling off" period, I got a look at them.

The bore on the MKI is sharp, shiny and gauges a "1" on the CMP muzzle gauge. Barrel is marked "SA" and is dated 11-19. It does not close on a Clymer field gauge.

There are cartouches on the stock and I'll post pictures of same when I get it in 10 days

I picked up the 1903MK1 today, along with the S/C 03A3. A few pics:

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A flaming bomb, just forward of the trigger guard
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Looks like it has a lot of gun marks to investigate. Let us know how it shoots.

I found this site that may help you learn some things about what marks you find on it.

http://m1903.com/

another great grab , i think you did well on both