Hi all,
I am new to this forum and had a question I hope you can help me with. I recently inherited a Springfield Armory 1903 Springfield, with a serial # 134XXXX from my grandfather. (It's pretty cool, especially since the receipt from the Marine base in which he purchased it was stored in the stock) At one time, he tried to sporterize the rifle, and since I inherited it, I wanted to return it to look like it did originally. I recently purchased a stock from Sarco as well as the handguard and bands necessary to complete it. As I fastened the barrel to the stock, I noticed that it lifts off quite a bit in toward the front of the stock. Is this common and will it lay down correctly once the handguard and bands are fastened (I sent back the handguard as it did not match the stock and they are sending a new one) or does it sound like I have done something incorrect?
Unfortunately, I am not a techie, as I can't get the pictures I have taken to upload, but if anyone has had any experience with this I'd appreciate it.
I am new to this forum and had a question I hope you can help me with. I recently inherited a Springfield Armory 1903 Springfield, with a serial # 134XXXX from my grandfather. (It's pretty cool, especially since the receipt from the Marine base in which he purchased it was stored in the stock) At one time, he tried to sporterize the rifle, and since I inherited it, I wanted to return it to look like it did originally. I recently purchased a stock from Sarco as well as the handguard and bands necessary to complete it. As I fastened the barrel to the stock, I noticed that it lifts off quite a bit in toward the front of the stock. Is this common and will it lay down correctly once the handguard and bands are fastened (I sent back the handguard as it did not match the stock and they are sending a new one) or does it sound like I have done something incorrect?
Unfortunately, I am not a techie, as I can't get the pictures I have taken to upload, but if anyone has had any experience with this I'd appreciate it.