tark
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This is an old question, but perhaps some new revelations have come to light. I bought on old 1903 Springfield that has been rebuilt at San Antonio Arsenal. The "SAA" stamp, in rectangle, is present. The Barrel is dated 1944. The gun is the expected mix of various parts and the bolt has the swept back handle, so it is a later one. The stock has two re-enforcing bolts so it is also late. The entire gun has been freshly phosphated. (The smelly, green WW2 stuff) The bolt is blued. The entire gun is in rebuilt as issued military condition. It has obviously had a lot of rounds put through it. And it is a low numbered Springfield armory receiver. # 286063.
Here we go again. This is my question; Has one of these things ever shattered while shooting 30-40 level loads? I want to shoot it......but.....
OK, ill admit that I did put two rounds through it, Federal M-1 ammo marked on the box as a 150 gr bullet at 2700. I must admit that the fired cases look like they hadn't even been fired! There was no stretching and less than .001 expansion of the case . The gun has a chamber worthy of a NM gun.
So back to my question, are these guns safe to shoot with reduced loads?
For 350 bucks I figure I stole it, whatever the outcome.
Here we go again. This is my question; Has one of these things ever shattered while shooting 30-40 level loads? I want to shoot it......but.....
OK, ill admit that I did put two rounds through it, Federal M-1 ammo marked on the box as a 150 gr bullet at 2700. I must admit that the fired cases look like they hadn't even been fired! There was no stretching and less than .001 expansion of the case . The gun has a chamber worthy of a NM gun.
So back to my question, are these guns safe to shoot with reduced loads?
For 350 bucks I figure I stole it, whatever the outcome.