About 6 months ago I bought a Remington 1903 sporter. Originally it was built by Golden State Armory, in the 60's I assume. I paid a fellow $200 for the rifle, it was pretty bare bones. I grew up on sporters, Krags, Enfields, 1903s etc. and they hold a special place for me, and I do not collect military arms and since this one was already "butchered" pretty badly I decided to make it the kind of rifle I enjoy. My local gunsmithing machine shop, MGM in Hurricane Utah cut a dovetail in the front sight ramp and polished and blued the receiver/barrel after I had hand filed the rear sight boss and the Golden State blather off of the barrel. MGM's end mill just danced around on the rear receiver ring, and they were unwilling to try other methods so I was left with the task of D&T'ing the receiver for a sight. Folks here gave me some good ideas on how to proceed. I ended up spot annealing two 1/4" areas with my oxy-acetylene torch, and then used a Brownells solid carbide drill bit to punch the hole. It went really smooth and I used a standard hand tap to cut the threads. Also no problem, just took my time and used lots of fluid.
I installed a Skinner front sight blade and a period correct Redfield receiver sight on it. I rasped off about a lb of wood from the original club, shaped it a bit and installed a red Pachmayr Decelerator. Pillar and glass bedded the action/barrel and after finish sanding I applied two soaker coats of linseed oil and then five hand rubbed coats of Tru-Oil. I think it turned out pretty good and best of all, the damn thing shoots lights out. Whodathunk? A $10 Golden State Armory barrel.
I installed a Skinner front sight blade and a period correct Redfield receiver sight on it. I rasped off about a lb of wood from the original club, shaped it a bit and installed a red Pachmayr Decelerator. Pillar and glass bedded the action/barrel and after finish sanding I applied two soaker coats of linseed oil and then five hand rubbed coats of Tru-Oil. I think it turned out pretty good and best of all, the damn thing shoots lights out. Whodathunk? A $10 Golden State Armory barrel.
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