1903 springfield scope
Page 1 of 2 1 2 Last. Not only is Andrew a collector of this type of rifle, he is one of the few people in the country who is regarded as an expert and as such makes him an invaluable source of knowledge of where to get the various bits and pieces.

Something went wrong. So, shortly after the start of the war, Lieutenant Jim Land managed to convince upper echelons of the USMC of the value of scout snipers for reconniassance and harassment of the enemy on their own ground. In 1960, the first of the Marine Corps scout snipers graduated from the Hawaian two-week school (one of which was a Private Hathcock) at this time there was no official issued sniper rifle and it was a case of whatever the local armours had at hand - this inevitably meant left-overs and.

The whole rifle had been stripped, serviced and cleaned to bring it back to an as-new condition. Or were these well documented extraordinary shots just a case of these men being truly exceptional marksmen. 1903 Springfield Scope Mount - S&K Scope Mounts, Instructions for installation of the 1903 Springfield. Andrew had even managed to get me a leather sling to finish it all off however the point of all this was not to stroke it but to find out what it's capable of. The 168`s really came into their own, showing a 10 shot group of 2 ¾ inches, so that’s sub MOA. Add a scope to your old military rifle to increase accuracy and increase distance. 1903/A3 Springfield The Springfield Armory was the first federal armory in the USA, producing firearms for the US military for nearly 200 years until its closure in 1968. The rationale behind this low mag. Well, the scope was designed to move within its mounts under the recoil of the rifle and the spring returns the scope to its original position so maintaining the correct eye relief. 2X or 4X - at the most 6X. - CCOP USA Springfield 03A3 03A4 1-Piece Picatinny Rail Scope Mount Base AB-SPR001, - CCOP USA Springfield M1903 1-Piece Picatinny Rail Scope Base Mount AB-SPR002, - CCOP USA Springfield 1903A3 1903A4 1 Piece Standard Steel Base Mount SB-SPR001, - CCOP USA Springfield 03A3 03A4 1 Piece Picatinny Rail Steel Base Mount PB-SPR001, - CCOP Springfield 03A3 03A4 Scope Steel Base Mount SB-SPR001, CCOP Springfield 03A3 03A4 Scope Steel Base Mount SB-SPR001, Leave feedback about your eBay search experience - opens in new window or tab. Scope mounts for your vintage 1903/A3, 1903/A4, and 1903 rifle. Only one way to find out...build one! Made in the USA of top-grade virgin metal. Just as a comparison test, I shot a friend`s Sako TRG with a 8x32 Nightforce scope and the Springfield at the same distances 300yds, the Sako does have smaller 5 shot group of 3inch which was only to be expected but the old rifle did put up a good show on the day with a 3¾ inch group. Three weeks later, the woodwork on the forepiece had been altered and the scope-blocks were fitted and the scope was on. This was quite a bold step for the military, in as such that the standard thoughts on the use of scopes for military use was in favour of very low power - i.e. Save springfield 1903a3 scope mount to get e-mail alerts and updates on your eBay Feed. No drilling, tapping or major alteration. M1903/1903A3/A4 Springfield Rifle; 1903-a4 Scope Question... + Reply to Thread. Also it's fine if you can afford to buy expensive stuff to polish and hang it on your wall but considering the quality of steels and methods of production, how good were these rifles or should I say - how accurate were they, compared to what we expect of modern rifles today? View cart for details.

This pre-determined distance is what sets the value for the clicks, again luckily probably the only gunsmith in country with such a jig to do this job is gunsmith Roger Mason of Essex, who luckily was a friend of Andrew's.

Includes S&K 1" High Scope Rings.

When I started to ring round all the dealers, I was greeted by stunned silence, a sharp 'sucking of air' type noise or just plain laughter - not an encouraging start but the one name that did crop up time after time was that of Andrew Kukielski of Colenso Arms. The Unertl scope has a few other things going for it too; the rear mount or housing has an external micrometer ¼ clicks for windage and elevation. Its worth noting that it's only in the past couple of years that the UK forces have moved up from a set magnification of an 8X S&B to the variable 12X, a move that was way overdue, so as you see the US military was way ahead of its time. We offer receiver mounts and long eye relief scope mounts. I ran two test batches and both had similar promising results. Use high rings if you do not grind bolt. No need to drill and tap a rock-hard Springfield with this No-Drill, No-Tap Mount. This rifle was usually built on, or around, the Springfield 30-06 National Match rifle which was taken and accuracy tested/ gauged and fitted with the then new and top of the line Unertl scope. 1 review Write a Review ... 03 Springfield Low Scope Safety. A few phone calls later and all the bits were off to Roger to be assembled. This was not very a scientific experiment but I did wind the power down to 8X on the NF to make it level playing-field but it does show what this 70 year old rifle can do. Scope Mount for 1903 Springield. Sorry, I should have said very (hens teeth type) hard to get hold of. is a fine cross-hair which affords the user an uncluttered view and best of all, a very fine aim-point. The M1903-A4 was an accurate rifle with an effective range of about 600 yards (550m), with the main limit on long range accuracy coming from its very low power scope (2.5x).

Going back to the beginning of this article I asked “How accurate were these rifles?” The answer is more accurate than I ever imagined - sub MOA!. As usual nothing was that simple - the scope mounting-blocks have to be mounted in set designated positions, one on the barrel, one on the action.

No need to bend the bolt, a simple grinding of the bolt handle for clearance is all that’s needed. This may look a bit crude but its actually a very good method of making adjustments on a scope as it takes all the very small moving parts that would normally be inside the tube and does away with them. And of course the semi-auto rifles such as the Garand were out because of our nanny-state government says we can't be trusted with such WMD. This is fine but it doesn’t help the sniper to deliver pinpoint accuracy as we understand it today.

Luckily there's lots of loading info. + 7 S 0 P O N S O A R P A 7 E E D -1 -1 U J -1 0 F J -1 -1 B294 Buehler Scope Mount Base For Springfield 1903-A3 I started the search for a rifle around the same time as the scope and I thought this was going to be reasonably straight forward, after all the were thousands of Springfield National Matches made. From its adoption in 1943 until the end of the war, the M1903-A4 was used extensively in every theater of operation by both the US Army and the USMC.

Find the scope mount you have been looking for at The Country Shed. The Scope. was to give the shooter the biggest field of view possible. Several days later and project that I had worked on for a year without seeing the majority of the parts, landed assembled in my lap. The old adage “today’s wars are fought with yesterday's technology” is as true today as it was then. At the start of the conflict in Vietnam in 1959, there was no official sniper training program or defined weapons, as everything had been mothballed after WW11 and only slightly re-kindled for the Korean conflict.

In order to make this a tough test, I ruled out the Remington and Winchesters that stayed in service throughout the major part of the war as they are basically the same rifles that can be bought off the shelf today. It took me the best part of year to find a good one and get it over from the US. Given that I said at the start of this project that I wasn’t a fan of old military rifles, I fell in love with this rifle as soon as I unwrapped it. Blends in well with original finish. Unertl 8X scope was based on the Unertl target scope. To attach this base, proceed as follows: 1. CNC machined steel construction, rugged and dependable! Guaranteed to hold zero. I had plenty of 155 and 168 Lapua match bullets and in order to give the rifle the best chances, I gave it the best equipment to work with - Lapua brass and Redding competition dies and in order to be a little gentle on the bore, I moly-coated the bullets. Will not fit the 1903/1903 Mark I. Or should I say re-create one to the same specification as the original sniper rifle and test it. out there for this rifle and a search on the net throws up loads for everything from 155 to 220g bullets. Having made my usual sweeping statement, I should say I do have a more than passing interest in the Vietnam war and its weapons so, sometime ago, after reading about the extraordinary shots and exploits of the famous snipers from that era, such as Carlos Hathcock and Chuck Marwhinny, I got to wondering, given their age and production methods, just how accurate were these rifles? See each listing for international shipping options and costs. Constructed of solid steel CNC machined in matte black, Precision CNC machined from 6061/T6 Aluminum Block. Springfield Low Scope Safety. That was a tough one - there were several different “sniper rifles” used throughout the Vietnam conflict or that should be - rifles that were pressed into service to fulfil the role of a sniper rifle. Number of bids and bid amounts may be slightly out of date. The downside is, it does become a place where dirt and general junk can accumulate in combat conditions. The other question I always get asked about this scope is "What is the spring for?". This page was last updated: 05-Nov 12:04. Interestingly the best groups were @ 48.5g of N140 = 2650 fps - both showing 5 shot touching groups, I took the two best and ran the same test at 300yds. Great, so I handed the problem over to him (a problem halved...) and true to his word, 6 months later I got a call saying he found one, in very nearly mint condition and it was in great nick for a rifle that was built around the 1920`s. Springfield Low Scope Safety. It's light, well balanced and comes up to the shoulder really well. So for the people who want to recreate the Springfield sniper rifle, the next best thing is 8X target scope, which is in effect exactly the same scope but even these are becoming increasingly hard to get hold of.

Jump to page: Results 1 to 10 of 13 ... And at what point in time did the Lyman Alaskan take over as the standard military issue sniper scope in WWII for the 1903-a4? ad-hoc weapons from the WW11 and the Korean conflict.

Includes 1" fully machined, horizontally split scope rings and is windage adjustable. The ret. This rifle was usually built on, or around, the Springfield 30-06 National Match rifle which was taken and accuracy tested/ gauged and fitted with the then new and top of the line Unertl scope. Copyright © 1995-2020 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved. Unertl 8X scope was based on the Unertl target scope. To be totally historically correct, this rifle was getting past its sell-by date when Vietnam started, having seen the majority of its use in WW11 and Korea but there are documented cases and pictures of this rifle being used in action against the VC. So I decided on a real tough test - the Springfield M1903A1. A great idea but naïve to say the least. I’m not especially a fan of old weapons, OK they're nice to look at from a historical perspective/curiosity/collection point of view and if that’s your thing, then the Royal Armouries in Leeds is a must. Has bridge in rear.

There is still a healthy trade in the second-hand market for Unerlt scopes; they do have a somewhat cult-following around the world and the holy-grail amongst collectors is a true USMC 8X sniper scope. I would go further by saying that with some more load-development and in more experienced hands than mine, I'm sure that this rifle could do much more. SSL Certificate       Copyright © 2020 Galati International. The problem being I didn’t realise that the necessary bits and pieces to create this test are becoming increasing hard to get hold of.

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