![]() Such a project would serve the purpose of cleaning up some of the '03 junk I've accumulated (including a new Criterion barrel I ordered while laying in hospital a few weeks ago, bored out of my skull and armed with a smartphone), and provide me with something I realized I don't have: a utilitarian '03 Springfield sporter to take the place of my original NRA Sporter for woods loafing. Michael Petrov devoted some space in his books on pre-war custom rifles to such low budget rifles - some of them are quite elegant. Then I thought of the works of art created by Tom Shelhamer at Niedner's during the Depression, and the boys at Griffin&Howe at the same time, who worked wonders on Armory-issued M1922, M1, M2, C-Style, and NRA Sporter stocks for less-than-well-heeled sportsmen. Initially I thought to reconstruct the gun into pure military guise, but that's been done to death and I for one would know it would be an ersatz putup job every time I looked at it. Looking at it and then looking at the pile of cast-off pistol grip '03 military stocks I have has me thinking strange thoughts. I recently acquired a very early M1903 Remington barreled action (not 03A3). Plotting future projects can be almost as much fun as actually executing them. ![]()
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