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I suggested the owner harvest and sell the barrel and destroy the receiver but it had sentimental value. They are junk and there indeed has been a history of receiver failure in the past. This resulted in very inconsistent dear engagement and sometimes she will drop the firing pin just breathing on the trigger.īeware with N.O. The bolt was so sloppy in the receiver that it made a two bit whore look like a virgin. The receiver was so out of spec that the bolt would close on a go gauge but if you chambered a round the bolt would not close because the throat was not not cut by a finish reamer and would jam the bullet and case neck and you had to knock it out with a cleaning rod. Had a RA NOS barrel and I am pretty sure it was never finish reamed. It was FUBAR and I suggested it be made a wall hanger with at a bare minimum firing pin removed. No rough extraction or anything, and cases came out clean after ejection. I have since built a few 03A3 rifles using those DCM parts and Remington receivers which I reclaimed from drill rifles.I recently had a friend give me his NO 1903A3 to check out. Ive got a National Ordinance 03A3 and havent had any trouble with it, then again Ive only fired about 100 rounds through it, but they were modern hunting loads by S&B. Surplus Springfield 1903A3 parts and barrels were still readily available in 1962, when Arnold expressed a desire to Bob Penney for National Ordnance to begin manufacturing 1903A3s. I plan to shoot the 1903a3 with commercial ammo or handloads that are equal or less than commercial pressures.I will get the head space checked by a competent gunsmith and also buy go no go gauges.should I see the head space increase.the gun will be sold to Numrich.for parts. I cannot speak to its strength or to any accuracy because I never got that far with the National Ordnance receiver. national ordnance 1903 thanks for the reply. It was completely useless and I had to send it back for a refund. I recall specifically that the holes in it for the guard screws did not line up with the ones in the Magazine/trigger housing. Unfortunately, I could not get parts to fit into it. I saw a National Ordnance advertisement in a gun magazine and was able to buy one of their receivers for around $20. LIVE HERE AND LET THE HOUSE PAY I Homes for Sale A mf. I looked everywhere for a receiver, but they were simply not available thru DCM or anywhere else at the time. I am a member of National Honor Society, Academic Challenge loam, and tho Science Olympiad, I am. Where an original receiver would be marked "Remington" or "Smith Corona", these were marked "National Ordnance".īack about 1968, I bought all the parts I needed to build an 03A3 (minus the receiver) from the Department of Civilian Marksmanship (DCM) for under $5. These rifles were made in California by a company which cast replica 03A3 receivers and then built rifles on them, using new condition surplus GI parts which were available for just pennies at the time. This is an old thread! The original question was about National Ordnance 03A3 rifles.
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He finally put the torch down without a glance at what he's working on, pulls out a Shotgun News and finds a "match" barrel for me (he didn't show me the ad, just closed the paper quickly) and told me $250 installed.Ĭhuck is the real deal, knows these rifles as well as anyone and much better then most.
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He glances at it and goes back to yacking at me, explaining how he'd install a "match" barrel on my Inland. So he's yacking away at me while this barrel is starting to glow. So the LGS owner took me into this side room and there's the "gunsmith", cigarette in one hand, propane torch in the other, silver soldering on a front sight on a S&W. The last one I wanted to talk to before I would let him work on a carbine. 30-06 cal., 24 barrel, blued/parkerized finish, walnut stock, blade front sight with added protector and adjustable aperture on ramp rear sight. You sure got that right! I've seen more hacks then real gunsmiths the last 10 years. National Ordnance Model 1903-A3 Bolt Action Rifle, 5004158.
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Hand them a 1903 to rebarrel, and likely its the first one they have ever messed with. Gunsmiths arent like they used to be 30 years ago, heck 15 years ago, barrel is not usable for a standard A3 action. Some N/O rifles were so far out of spec, they had to cut the shoulder and breech of the barrel so that it would index and headspace.