My 03a4 replica

[pelago]

My 03A4 replica
all vintage parts and pieces with exception of sling, it is a recreation, but all else from forties, started with a remington 1903A3, and a new still in cosmo barrel



thing really shoots well also, and darn fun to put together

[Griff Murphey]

Very Nice!

[pelago]

Thanks,
next thing will be to have it all parkerized, and i might have the stock cartouches applied, the man that does it will also stamp in side the barrel channel that this is a repro, which of course it is and i have not a problem with that.......

[libertyman777]

Very nice. I love old school sniper rifles.

[devine308]

Nice rifle. I acquiered a Gibbs 1903A4 with the M73B1 small scope. It is a challange to shoot and a lot of fun. It wasn't that big of adjustment, since I shoot my Model 70 Targets with Unertal scopes out to 750-Yards. My upcomming project is to zero the 1903A4 for 500-Yards and shoot the steel at that distance with the small scope.
Devine 308
Woody

[pelago]

went to range today and after doing fifty rounds for break in and getting windage set up i went 25-50 then to 100 yards

not at all unhappy, and i am a terrible bench shooter, can not get comfortable, can not get stock in shoulder, just akward as hell... do not know what to do with left hand
but anyway this thing shoots!!!!

the external windage adj is touchy and easy to go too far, i did

this is actually four rounds

the little white circle is a pastey , since the black is 1 1/2 moa, i needed the white to put cross hair on

think i have a shooter!!!!, but the steel but plate in bench kicked my ass

[Art]

If you didn't like the way that kicked try it with an "S" stock. You'll hate that.

Beautiful rifle and obviously a great shooter by the way. Congratulations!!

[Marine A5 Sniper Rifle]

Nice shooting, regardless of what rifle.

Jim

[pelago]

thanks for the compliment, however it was more rifle than me, i am not comfortable shooting from a bench, like to get that down, However the thing does shoot, i was using GI case 168g hpbt smk imr 4064 and winchester primers,,, plan on shooting this thing at the cmp eastern sniper match

got to learn the scope, started at mechanical zero and put on 21 clicks to hold that group, and this is 100 yards, got to work it out to 600 yards

[Marine A5 Sniper Rifle]

You are going to run out of clicks!

Jim

[pelago]

i was thinking that also, when base put on, it was recommended to put a shim under front. been thinking that for 600 that might be a issue

[bruce]

Shim the front. You will do just fine.

[pelago]

what i know for sure now

there are two shims under front base between base and receiver, combined thickness is .020, each one is .010..........

about 85 total clicks from zero up, might be a couple more, but not going to force the issue to find out

with shims in place i need 21 clicks to hit at 100 yards

but what is the adj, 1/4 moa or 1 moa, called parsons scope repair and (lyman recommended) and he was just not sure....

took shims out and will reshoot on monday

my normal come up for 308 and 223 is
4 1/2 moa for 200
9 moa for 300
20 moa for 600

use this for three rifles and they put it in black for silghters

[jgaynor]

Is that an Alaskan you have mounted? If so the clicks are supposed to be 1" @ 100 yards. A4's bases seem to have been routinely shimmed during manufature and targeting. Then again virtually all of them were equipped with M73B1's (or one of the variants). The goal was to have the A4 w/m73B1 usable up to 1000 yards with the internal adjustments.

Regards,

JIm

[pelago]

it is a 40's vintage alaskan, and i called lyman and was directed to parsons scope repair and i talked to them and they are just not sure if it is in fact 1 moa or 1/4 moa

if it is 1 moa then 85 minutes available would not be too far off for 1000 yards, but not with .020 shim in front. i doubt if i will ever shoot it at 1000 yards, i do have a place to shoot 1000 yards, but do i want to shoot a A4 at 1000, but probably will shoot it at 600 at the cmp games