AIM Surplus is doing a M1903A3 Special!

[Mobuck]

I certainly wouldn't choose one of the reworked drill rifles over a decent Rem 700 for close to the same price. I have 5 03A3 in 30/06 and one rechambered to 300 Win mag. One of the 06's has been nicknamed "Buck Hammer" by my kids since I don't name guns.
I just don't have a lot of confidence in the cobbled up DP actions.

 

[Lj1941]

1903a4

Aim also has a very nice 1903A4 replica with a replica scope.It has a 4 groove newly made barrel. There is a film clicp with a guy trying it at the range. He shot a 11/2 inch group at 100 yards with some surplus ball ammo.He then tryed it with new match ammo and shot a 3 shot group with all of the shots touching each other.This replica goes for $999 and is classed as a C & R weapon.Any one with a collectors license can have it shipped directly to them. My budget is shot for now or I would get one Pronto!

 

[tahunua001]

an original condition 03A3 isn't worth $800, no less a gun with a replacement stock, replacement barrel and all the replacement crap that goes along with all that stuff.

I would never waste the money... now the ones with synthetic stocks and shortened barrels for $500 are a little more interesting but for something like that? hell no.

 

[car15bill]

I just bought one of the Rock Ridge 1903a3's, its a nice shooting gun, and it looks GOOD! I like the fact that its an almost new gun, with a new barrel and stock, and the finish matches. I'm not a collector, and would prefer to leave all the older stuff that is collectible to them.

For what I got mine for, and where I am at, i definetly think it was worth it.

 

[madcratebuilder]

According to Gibbs via Military Arms Channel on youtube these rifles were for ROTC, drill teams, and other activities in settings (such as schools) where live weapons were considered too much of a risk. They were rendered inoperable with a weld on the magazine cutoff and a weld in the barrel/action that prevented chambering a round. Gibbs, of course, figured out how to reverse this process and does so in a way that has little to no effect on the hardness of the action, with the actions scoring well within the tolerances laid out by the military when they were made in the 1940's.

I've seen several of these "drill rifles" that have had the welds ground off and refinished. Some do not look bad at all, but some well show the weld repair at the cut off. New barrels fix the chamber weld.

an original condition 03A3 isn't worth $800, no less a gun with a replacement stock, replacement barrel and all the replacement crap that goes along with all that stuff.

I would never waste the money... now the ones with synthetic stocks and shortened barrels for $500 are a little more interesting but for something like that? hell no.

A original condition '03A3 well bring up to and maybe more than 1K. Most are re-arsenals and a mix of Rem and Smith-Corona parts and fetch less. Finding a all Rem or S-C is the hard part, at least one that's not a "put together".

 

[pat701]

$795.00 they are crazy, or you are Bill Gates

 

[shotgunjoel]

Every time I see these I wonder if Mitchell's Mausers is expanding into US rifles. Actually, a Mitchell would be more original than these probably.