It's a great rifle!
This has a brand new walnut Boyd’s stock on it. The riffle looks near flawless. A few spots where the blueing is rubbed off.
I saw on gun broker about $1,500-$2,000 so your description would lend towards the higher end, but I just looked quick. Search the auctions there and that’s what I use for the going rate of firearms prices.
Funny that’s the sales pitch I got.
Depends on how you shoot it. On the bench or prone you are going to feel it more than you would standing. Also the weight of the bullet will have a lot to do with the recoil. I shoot 125-135 grain bullets out of my Garand and it is pleasant enough to shoot all day. With 150s and 168s I have to put it down after about 24 rounds.
My kids are scrawny so they will have to bench it with the weight. I’ll look for some light weight rounds. A lady I know inherited a Garand and has lots of ammo for it. I’ll see what she has.
Since it is a bolt gun you can get away with shooting 110 grain bullets out of iit, if you can find them or you may have to start loading for it.
Not worth reloading for me. This will not be a frequent shooter. I have no desire to shoot this much if at all. It’s heavy and the ammo is expensive. If anything I’ll shoot my pistols, the .22lr’s I have or the AR I have. That’s what I enjoy. I also only have a 30 yard range so not much competition shooting this thing there. For skill my kids shoot targets and I trim the branches around the targets for them with the .22’s.
No kidding that is pretty cool. I don’t have that caliber, but very neat option. I thin .32 acp is costly these days, but it would be a great option for the kids to get the opportunity to use it if the 30-06 is too much for them. Thanks.
The 1903-a3 did not have a heat treat issue. It was the 1903’s that had the issue. It was the low number Springfields. I think under 800,000 serial numbers.
I’d feel bad since it was given to me. It’s the cheaper version of it, not the Springfield. I don’t know honestly. I can post pictures of anyone cares. It has a new barrel and a cheaper stamped receiver he told me. I think it’s national ordinance receiver. Good bad?
I'm talking about the model nomenclature, Named after the now defunct national armory thartdeveloped it, Springfield Armory.
As far as being “a shooter” your way better off with a replacement as far as the barrel than a shot out, bomb chambered wall hanger. Same goes for a healthy receiver. Most of those rifles, as most surplus rifles were all “Rearsenaled” at some point in there life. Except for the bring backs of course.
A "correct" one that hasn't been sporterized, or fucked with (plating, sanding the Furniture, swapping the Barrel, etc.) will easily go over $1K at Auction...A Smith-Corona with the S.C. marked barrel (that wasn't put on by some jackass with a Pipe Wrench) Proper Stock, sans some small parts, $1,500. on gunchoker or at the Show's.
