Please Educate Me On This 03A4 Bolt

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  • Punch the Clown
    Senior Member
    • Aug 2012
    • 172

    #1

    Please Educate Me On This 03A4 Bolt



    To me it looks like a 1903 bolt. Am I missing something here?
  • Marine A5 Sniper Rifle
    Senior Member
    • Aug 2009
    • 7450

    #2
    It looks good to me, or it is the best fake I have ever seen. I vote real deal.

    The price is stupid at this point. I'll sell mine off my A4 for $500.

    jt

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    • Kurt
      Senior Member
      • Nov 2011
      • 488

      #3
      A5, I'll take yours for that and put it on fleabay. A $290 dollar profit....what the heck.

      Kurt
      As the late Turner Kirkland was fond of saying, "If you want good oats, you have to pay the price. If you'll take oats that have already been through the horse, those come cheaper."

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      • Weasel
        Very Senior Member - OFC
        • Aug 2009
        • 3696

        #4
        It isn't a A4 bolt. That bolt has a small gas relief hole. Someone just got screwed, find a sucker and bang his ears.

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        • TDP0311
          Senior Member
          • Nov 2013
          • 240

          #5
          That got obscene... I almost feel bad for the dude that bought it and got screwed. But, if you are willing to spend just shy of $800 on a bolt, it probably doesnt matter if it is real or not.

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          • Randy A
            Senior Member
            • Mar 2010
            • 615

            #6
            I agree with Weasel, other than the handle being too thick, to abrupt curve in a shorter than usual radius, no milling on the back end,,, it looks like an 03 bolt body and original A4 bolts don't have the bolt stop detents in the left lug.

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            • jgaynor
              Senior Member
              • Nov 2009
              • 1287

              #7
              Good observations guys!..For my money looks like a little too much meat in the "root" or "knuckle" area. The lower handle is shaped better than some have been in the past. Seems like there has been a big wave A4 bolts on the auction sites recently - wonder if any of them are real??

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              • Marine A5 Sniper Rifle
                Senior Member
                • Aug 2009
                • 7450

                #8
                Wow. Good work, guys. I totally missed this one. Mea Culpa.

                jt

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                • Punch the Clown
                  Senior Member
                  • Aug 2012
                  • 172

                  #9
                  Waiting for John to chime in. Who knows? Maybe Remington made A4 bolts from 1903's-but I doubt it.

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                  • Mike D
                    Senior Member
                    • Jun 2010
                    • 1031

                    #10
                    I sold a complete and blued, all original bolt for $750 about a year ago. I guess prices are going up some.

                    Said bolt sure is a fake.

                    JT - I'll up it to $550 on that bolt!

                    Mike

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                    • Crashyoung
                      Member
                      • Dec 2013
                      • 37

                      #11
                      Is it my imagination, or is the stamp on the root doubled?
                      My opinion is, it doesn't look right, and doesn't look like any A4 bolt I have seen before.

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                      • Punch the Clown
                        Senior Member
                        • Aug 2012
                        • 172

                        #12
                        I still say the bolt is an early Remington 1903.

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