Scope for 1903 A3

Snakestrikeease

I paid over $1000 for a rifle just like yours, I wouldnt have paid it if the rifle had been modified in any way. Good clean examples are getting harder to find.
 
A friend has a MINT '03 "sniper" model that he used to hunt with. I made him up some handloads that worked just super in that rifle. Watched him make a shot on a running doe at 500 yards using the open peep sight system on the rifle and nail it right through the heart. Of course he is also one of the best shots I've ever seen.
 
Let me add to the list of those who urge you to leave it alone. That rifle would go for around $700-800 in this neck of the woods.

After you drill and tap it it would then be a $300 gun.

If you are hell bent on losing $500, why not just spend the money and find a decent hunting rifle? A sporting rifle will generally be lighter and easier to mount a scope on.

As was mentioned, a lot of SC's came with Remington bolts. It is very likely that your rifle is original as issued, and altering it would just be destroying another piece of history.
 
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