Springfield 1903 Take Down sporter ?????????

[Rick the Librarian]

Michael's rifles are contagious -- I kept drooling over his beautiful pictures until one day, a Griffen & Howe-modified NRA Sporter showed up!! We need to hold him personally responsible for the resulting lapse in moral and financial judgement caused by posting these pictures!!

(By the way, his book, "Custom Gunmakers of the 20th Century" is a wonderful book on this subject and I recommend it highly!)

[Michael Petrov]

The bottom rifle, Frank, has what looks like a gold colored extractor, trigger too. Was this some kind of plating? I have a 1903 that I bought as mildly sporterized. It was all military except for a cut down stock with recoil pad and a side mounted Weaver 330. My side mount looks like the one on Frank, can you tell me who made it? All these rifles are beauties, I keep looking, one of these days I'll find one.

yes, all the screw in the rifle and scope and mount, cutoff, trigger and extractor all all gold plated. This is a pre-war (1938) rifle marked with franks name and not Pachmayer Gun Corp. Took me a couple decades to locate it.

I would have to see the other side of your mount but most likely a Noske.

[Michael Petrov]

Rick, Thanks for the kind words, vol II with all new material should be out this month.

[Rick the Librarian]

Great! When you have the "wherefores" - where to get it and how much to pay, let us know.

[13Echo]

I'd like to know if it has the modification to the end of the extractor and the safety lug to help hold the bolt closed.

Jerry Liles

[Michael Petrov]

I'd like to know if it has the modification to the end of the extractor and the safety lug to help hold the bolt closed. Jerry Liles

I'm not sure I understand your question, that modification was done by Barney Worthen and I have not seen it on a Pachmayr.


Typical Worthen bolt lock.

[joem]

How does it shoot?

[Michael Petrov]

The Worthen shoots fine although I have not shot it in about ten year.

I took the Pachmayer take-down out last summer. I have one load I shoot in all my custom sporters.

[RickM]

Beautiful, just beautiful. I'm jealous.