hat can I do with this 1903A3?
I have a Springfield 1903A3 that has a wrecked barrel. It's pitted inside and is not repairable. The receiver itself is within the acceptable serial number range showing that it is not one of the badly heat treated receivers.
Can I chamber this receiver for a new caliber since I will have to replace the barrel anyway?
Any sugestions?
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HERE IS ANOTHER OPTION- old thread but worth reviving- remove the barreled action and bolt from the stock, pack it up (keep the stock), and ship it to CLASSIC BARREL WORKS in Arizona, he has an original old rifling cutting machine, and can rebore and re-rifle an original vintage barrel, there may be only a handful (less than 6) of these machines left in the world still operating, as they cut the rifling, compared to modern machines that use button rifling technique. An old barrel cannot be button rifled, as when the button is run through the barrel, the barrel expands and gives, and the button doesn't recut the rifling. Old barrels must be cut with an actual bit cutter, tiny amounts of material at a time, around .002" per pass, so as to not deflect the barrel while cutting it.
He can rebore that old Springfield barrel to the next oversize, (just like they rebuild old car engines by going .030" over) In your case it could be taken from 30-06 to 8mm-06 or 35 Whelen, depending on how much material is left in the barrel. He could also set back the barrel into, cut it off at the threads, rethread, and chamber it for any caliber you wish- USING THE ORIGINAL BARREL.
This guy salvaged a Mauser K98 barrel for me, took it from 8x57 to 358 x 57 (now it will shoot both 9x57 and wildcat 358 x 57 handloads). His name is DAN PEDERSON and his prices are reasonable considering almost NO ONE still does this barrel salvage work. I'd much rather salvage an original barrel, then screw in a new corporate cookie cutter barrel. Keeping the original barrel retains the original look. Back when I had it done, the charge was $275 plus shipping both ways, well worth the price IMHO, the gun is now a TACK DRIVER with open sights. Here is his website address.
http://www.cutrifle.com/