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1903 A-3 build.
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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 837487" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>We must have been typing at the same time. Those Springfield actions are ROCK HARD. It takes a new sharp bit and plenty of cutting oil just to drill and tap for a scope. If you are going to have to do all that type of work you would be much better off finding a donor Remington 700 or Savage rifle used and use that action. A Savage action with the Accu-trigger on it would be a good way to go. You can then get you a ready made barrel from many different places and put the barrel on yourself. All you need is a vice with a block of hard wood sawed in two pieces with a hole drilled through it at the meeting of the two pieces a little smaller round than your barrel. This is used to clamp the barrel into a vice. Put a go head space gauge in the chamber and screw the action on to the barrel until it stops then using a barrel nut wrench tighten up the nut and your done. You just saved yourself a few hundred dollars and that includes the price of the tools. Now you can get new barrels in different calibers and change them yourself.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> The Savage action is the tinker toy for big boys.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 837487, member: 10178"] We must have been typing at the same time. Those Springfield actions are ROCK HARD. It takes a new sharp bit and plenty of cutting oil just to drill and tap for a scope. If you are going to have to do all that type of work you would be much better off finding a donor Remington 700 or Savage rifle used and use that action. A Savage action with the Accu-trigger on it would be a good way to go. You can then get you a ready made barrel from many different places and put the barrel on yourself. All you need is a vice with a block of hard wood sawed in two pieces with a hole drilled through it at the meeting of the two pieces a little smaller round than your barrel. This is used to clamp the barrel into a vice. Put a go head space gauge in the chamber and screw the action on to the barrel until it stops then using a barrel nut wrench tighten up the nut and your done. You just saved yourself a few hundred dollars and that includes the price of the tools. Now you can get new barrels in different calibers and change them yourself.:D The Savage action is the tinker toy for big boys.:D [/QUOTE]
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