G'day to all from the land down under. I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this but I've been looking all over for some information regarding the humble Springfield 1903 rifle.
Where to start? To cut a long story short, my Dad gave me a Springfield 1903 in the .30-06 that he bought from a bloke at a military rifle shoot. I did a bit more research into the Springfield and it turns out to be a 1903 A1 made by Remington in WWII with a semi-pistol grip stock. I have included some photos for you blokes to have a perv at.
What's the problem with it, you ask? Well, I love everything about this Springfield 1903, its semi-pistol stock really helps with the recoil of the .30-06 round than the straight Mauser-like stock (I much don't like it, hurts to shoot that) and it flat-out shoots my other military rifles I have.
The only issue I keep having is when using the peep sights on the original rear sights. What happens is that the rear sight tends to slide upwards after each shot fired, causing the shots on target to creep upwards. I've tried tightening the grub screw that's supposed to keep the rear sight in place, much as I can without stuffing it up, but to no avail.
To that end, I bought another set from Numrich gun parts, hoping this set of rear sight would work better. Took the Springfield out to the range to test-fire. Guess what? The rear sights still creeped upwards! Jeez. What now?
I had a mate of mines, who's a retired fitter & turner and very knowledgable about all things with guns, and he went over the first set of rear sights while I sent him the one I bought from Numrich. He did some detail work on it and told me to try it again.
To that, I did try by putting through a couple of rounds. The rear sight slide still creeps upward but not as bad as it was. To tell the truth, it's really starting to bog me off. My mate has now fixed up the sights that came from Numrich and I've just put it on, awaiting a test-fire next weekend.
So, I have to ask if anyone had any sort of dramas involving the rear sights on the Springfield 1903s and how to fix this sort of thing? If all this fails to work, I'm going to have to sell the old girl since I'm fast running out of ideas, even though it will really pain me to do so, because this Springfield 1903 is one of the most enjoyable military rifles I've shot over the last 15 odd years.
I just want to make sure it'll shoot consistently as I want to use it for the NRA High Power competition here in Australia. Any help/advice would be much appreciated.
Where to start? To cut a long story short, my Dad gave me a Springfield 1903 in the .30-06 that he bought from a bloke at a military rifle shoot. I did a bit more research into the Springfield and it turns out to be a 1903 A1 made by Remington in WWII with a semi-pistol grip stock. I have included some photos for you blokes to have a perv at.
What's the problem with it, you ask? Well, I love everything about this Springfield 1903, its semi-pistol stock really helps with the recoil of the .30-06 round than the straight Mauser-like stock (I much don't like it, hurts to shoot that) and it flat-out shoots my other military rifles I have.
The only issue I keep having is when using the peep sights on the original rear sights. What happens is that the rear sight tends to slide upwards after each shot fired, causing the shots on target to creep upwards. I've tried tightening the grub screw that's supposed to keep the rear sight in place, much as I can without stuffing it up, but to no avail.
To that end, I bought another set from Numrich gun parts, hoping this set of rear sight would work better. Took the Springfield out to the range to test-fire. Guess what? The rear sights still creeped upwards! Jeez. What now?
I had a mate of mines, who's a retired fitter & turner and very knowledgable about all things with guns, and he went over the first set of rear sights while I sent him the one I bought from Numrich. He did some detail work on it and told me to try it again.
To that, I did try by putting through a couple of rounds. The rear sight slide still creeps upward but not as bad as it was. To tell the truth, it's really starting to bog me off. My mate has now fixed up the sights that came from Numrich and I've just put it on, awaiting a test-fire next weekend.
So, I have to ask if anyone had any sort of dramas involving the rear sights on the Springfield 1903s and how to fix this sort of thing? If all this fails to work, I'm going to have to sell the old girl since I'm fast running out of ideas, even though it will really pain me to do so, because this Springfield 1903 is one of the most enjoyable military rifles I've shot over the last 15 odd years.
I just want to make sure it'll shoot consistently as I want to use it for the NRA High Power competition here in Australia. Any help/advice would be much appreciated.