100.00 USMC rifle

[chuckindenver]

customer handed me this 1903 to restore...RIA.. 1920 barrel, old sporterized rusty rifle.
he picked it up at a gunshow for 100.00
say he did well.

[tbone69]

looks good

[JohnMOhio]

Chuck, I am guessing from the photos that the stock was sporterized. Can the rust be removed and the metal be restored if all is intact? How about the bore, any good?

John

[chuckindenver]

bore is perfect, rust is just surface..stock was a POS... glad they didnt drill it...
it will look good as new in a few days.

[TDP0311]

wow, hell of a find. the type i'm always hoping to find!

[chuckindenver]

picture of the rifle...and one of some markings on the underside of the barrel.

[John Beard]

Chuck,

Does the barrel have an "A" stamped underneath the date? Please advise.

Thanks!

J.B.

[chuckindenver]

hard to see, but yes, under the rust a light A is there

[John Beard]

Got it! Thanks!

J.B.

[chuckindenver]

J.B., do you think thats the correct bolt? doesnt look like most USMC used bolts, not numbered to the rifle, ect..

[sdkrag]

B & S is Brown & Sharp. WWII replacement bolt. Have a couple new in the box. Paid $5.00 for them.

[chuckindenver]

im aware of that.. however, this bolt is not the norm that iv seen on USMC rifles.. im thinking it was changed well after the USMC had it, iv seen a lot of USMC RIAs with 111 marked SHT bolts, all were serialed to the rifle..

[JohnMOhio]

Chuck, that is somewhat of an unusual stock on it now. How about some photos after you have completed your handiwork.

Thanks for the posting.

John

[chuckindenver]

thats a modified scant grip from what i can tell. happy to share an after pic.

[Finestkind]

Is the pin for the Cutoff for a Mark I?


Finestkind

[JohnMOhio]

I thought that the current stock was some modified after market stock. Give us the details of the work you did on it with the new photos. Looking forward to the completion.

[Emri]

J.B., do you think thats the correct bolt? doesnt look like most USMC used bolts, not numbered to the rifle, ect..

None of my USMC rifles has a CC bolt in it. Most have early straight bolts or NS bolts. The ones with definite "replacement bolts" are Remington A3 bolts. A couple had un-numbered bolts but I figure they were replaced by someone else at one time as they were difinitely WWII "re-builds" and should have had numbered bolts.

FWIW,

Emri

[ElWoodman]

I found Marine Corps RIA #342626 in a buggered chopped FJA A3 stock in a pawn shop for $250. SHT bolt with about 3 serial numbers on it, most recently to this rifle. The stippled butt plate found a new home on a RIA replacement stock(RI marked) that I had. 9-41 Sedgeley USMC barrel that although corroded a bit, will still hit a dinner plate all day long at 100yds. Her name is Margaret-Janine, and no, this Maggie don't wear no drawers!

[RCS]

Here is a photo of the bolt in my SA 1031506 rifle with Sedgley 9-41 barrel3885138852388533885438855

[Kaliman]

I have one 104 serials off that one. USMC traits as well.