New Remington 1903 (picture heavy)
Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 7:34 pm
Last winter I got this Remington 1903 at an on-line estate sale. The description advised that the gun was "covered in grease" and boy they weren't kidding.
We finally had a hot spell out here with multiple consecutive days over 100 degrees and I took the opportunity to use my "solar cosmo remover".
What I found under all that grease was a pleasant find: full C stock, HS barrel gauging a bit less than "1" on the CMP muzzle gauge, bolt wouldn't close on a field gauge, and metal finish in great shape.
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A few oddities--bolt with numbers ep'd on the handle
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Partial serial number stamped on the buttstock
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few odd cartouches on the stock
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We finally had a hot spell out here with multiple consecutive days over 100 degrees and I took the opportunity to use my "solar cosmo remover".
What I found under all that grease was a pleasant find: full C stock, HS barrel gauging a bit less than "1" on the CMP muzzle gauge, bolt wouldn't close on a field gauge, and metal finish in great shape.
A few oddities--bolt with numbers ep'd on the handle
Partial serial number stamped on the buttstock
few odd cartouches on the stock