Bud Hyett
posted this
24 January 2024
As Ric stated, if you can find an action and barrel with close dates, that is the best place to start. His thoughts on stock fit is correct in my experience. Many Springfield stocks are getting old and have sit for years with cosmoline in them, they are soft on the inside.
No reweld receivers or drill rifles. I have a Smith-Corona and a high-number Rock Island Arsenal bought many years ago that are my treasured rifles. The 1903 rifles are now getting harder to find. The 03A3 rifles are easier to find and the two-groove barrels shoot very well.
I'd get one hundred cases dedicated to this rifle, sized, neck-turned, trimmed, and primer pockets uniformed. Then research the match results in the Fouling Shot for powders you have.
Sometimes I take a Springfield along to the range just for the fun of shooting it.
Farm boy from Illinois, living in the magical Pacific Northwest