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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: Knocker of rocks on July 21, 2018, 08:02:47 AM

Title: Anybody know which old gun this is?
Post by: Knocker of rocks on July 21, 2018, 08:02:47 AM: It's my friends, that he inherited from his late father-in-law, an accomplished gunsmith. The SN is visible, bult the gun is quite old and has been blued several times, the manufacturer, caliber and model is unreadable.
Title: Re: Anybody know which old gun this is?
Post by: 3Under on July 21, 2018, 08:09:42 AM: 1903 Springfield?
Title: Re: Anybody know which old gun this is?
Post by: nwwanderer on July 21, 2018, 08:31:39 AM: :yeah:, Did Remington build them for the military? A3 I think
Title: Re: Anybody know which old gun this is?
Post by: Knocker of rocks on July 21, 2018, 08:33:17 AM: Been cruising the web since 3Under posted his response. I think you are both right. Thanks
Title: Re: Anybody know which old gun this is?
Post by: Bofire on July 21, 2018, 08:53:21 AM: 03 fer sure, under the rear scope mount it will say if A3 or A4. Friend in Montana has an old sporterized A4.
Carl
Title: Re: Anybody know which old gun this is?
Post by: Bill W on July 21, 2018, 01:10:11 PM: not enough in the pictures to tell which variant it is but it is a 1903-Asomething. Either an A1 or an A3.
Title: Re: Anybody know which old gun this is?
Post by: lee on July 23, 2018, 10:07:55 AM: ...and from the pictures.... it appears to be cocked :yike: :yike: :yike:
Title: Re: Anybody know which old gun this is?
Post by: Knocker of rocks on July 23, 2018, 10:24:31 AM: Quote from: lee on July 23, 2018, 10:07:55 AM
...and from the pictures.... it appears to be cocked :yike: :yike: :yike:

Ouch, didn't notice that. His wife e-mailed them to me
Title: Re: Anybody know which old gun this is?
Post by: BULLBLASTER on July 23, 2018, 11:21:44 AM: Aren’t most bolt guns cocked when you close the bolt? Normally doesn’t mean it is loaded. Though I am not familiar with that model to know for sure
Title: Re: Anybody know which old gun this is?
Post by: 724wd on July 23, 2018, 02:59:05 PM: Quote from: BULLBLASTER on July 23, 2018, 11:21:44 AM
Aren’t most bolt guns cocked when you close the bolt? Normally doesn’t mean it is loaded. Though I am not familiar with that model to know for sure

Correct.
Title: Re: Anybody know which old gun this is?
Post by: Calvin Rayborn on July 30, 2018, 12:23:17 PM: Nice truck gun! Whadya pay for that beast if I may be so bold?