quicksylver
Well-Known Member
So to make a long story short, I called a long time shooting buddy and asked him if he had any spare Lyman 48 sights he would be willing to part with.
His reply seemed a little strange, he said yes but I would also have to buy the extra parts as well.
OK, sounds reasonable.
We agreed to meet at my shop and do a little horse trading.
Horse trading we did not do, after passing over $1200.00 bucks ( can not deal with this guy ),he left with me holding;
1. A 1903 MK 1 with a scant stock, Lyman 48 rear sight, 17a Globe front sight, new 2 groove Remington barrel, Dated 3-44 ( 40 jacketed rounds through it, I know because I watched after the rebarrel, the original barrel (9-16) with sights,wood and oiler (very important).
BTW there is nothing wrong with the original barrel.
2. A Griffin and Howe type high end sporter , with a Lyman 48 rear and a STAR GAUGED barrel. dated 9-16,
The barrel is minty mint.
3. The flaw in all this, a high number Rock Island 03 that had been tapped for a scope, actually came with a decent scope and a minty High Standard barrel dated 3-44.
4. Misc o3 parts.
So after having been taken so badly I retired to my basement , took out the bore foam and proceeded to remove all traces of copper in the three riffles. Not a big chore since they were not fired that much.
Yes ,the next step was to load up some rounds using all of my Ben knowledge.
I chose the more or less stock 03 MK 1 as my fist test rifle.
As I said I knew it had 40 rnds of jacketed through it and after cleaning I seasoned the bore with 40 rnds
of cast.
How did it shoot @ 100, well had to adjust sights first but then it started to show promise as the pictures show.
On to the next!
His reply seemed a little strange, he said yes but I would also have to buy the extra parts as well.
OK, sounds reasonable.
We agreed to meet at my shop and do a little horse trading.
Horse trading we did not do, after passing over $1200.00 bucks ( can not deal with this guy ),he left with me holding;
1. A 1903 MK 1 with a scant stock, Lyman 48 rear sight, 17a Globe front sight, new 2 groove Remington barrel, Dated 3-44 ( 40 jacketed rounds through it, I know because I watched after the rebarrel, the original barrel (9-16) with sights,wood and oiler (very important).
BTW there is nothing wrong with the original barrel.
2. A Griffin and Howe type high end sporter , with a Lyman 48 rear and a STAR GAUGED barrel. dated 9-16,
The barrel is minty mint.
3. The flaw in all this, a high number Rock Island 03 that had been tapped for a scope, actually came with a decent scope and a minty High Standard barrel dated 3-44.
4. Misc o3 parts.
So after having been taken so badly I retired to my basement , took out the bore foam and proceeded to remove all traces of copper in the three riffles. Not a big chore since they were not fired that much.
Yes ,the next step was to load up some rounds using all of my Ben knowledge.
I chose the more or less stock 03 MK 1 as my fist test rifle.
As I said I knew it had 40 rnds of jacketed through it and after cleaning I seasoned the bore with 40 rnds
of cast.
How did it shoot @ 100, well had to adjust sights first but then it started to show promise as the pictures show.
On to the next!