I think I got bit by the US RIFLE bug...

[PaulF]

It's been a good week for my collection, I just brought home my first M1903 and made a deal for this sweet 2.4M S/N Winchester Garand...M1a for scale.

It just occurred to me that I don't have a .30 Carbine...yet.

 

[Mongo59]

Nice family of firearms. We must have something in common, as I have all those, including the table...

 

[halfmileharry]

It's been a good week for my collection, I just brought home my first M1903 and made a deal for this sweet 2.4M S/N Winchester Garand...M1a for scale.

It just occurred to me that I don't have a .30 Carbine...yet.

Nice.

 

[Mongo59]

Paul, in all honesty, you still need an '03 Mark I, an '03a3, '03a4, M1 gastrap Springfield, M1 pre war, war time and post war Springfield, IHC M1 and HR M1 PLUS and the flavors of the M1 carbine.

Work buddy, you've got a man's work ahead of you this day...

 

[Leadeye]

Good looking set!

 

[rob63]

Very nice!

 

[2in1evtime]

Your off to a great start, it is very addictive

 

[Clay Pigeon]

Nice family of firearms. We must have something in common, as I have all those, including the table...

If that's your dog in the picture, you might have some problems at home you aren't aware off.

 

[Hop]

Very pretty wood on the 1903. It's probably an aftermarket 03A3 style stock.

 

[PaulF]

Paul, in all honesty, you still need an '03 Mark I, an '03a3, '03a4, M1 gastrap Springfield, M1 pre war, war time and post war Springfield, IHC M1 and HR M1 PLUS and the flavors of the M1 carbine.

Work buddy, you've got a man's work ahead of you this day...

You're not kidding...I got some work to do!!!

Very pretty wood on the 1903. It's probably an aftermarket 03A3 style stock.

It is absolutely a replacement stock...it is WAY too nice to be GI...plus, no armory marks in the wood. My guess is one of the CMP replacement sets or something from Boyd's. It looks like a museum piece up close. The barrel is a High Standard dated 11-44, no wear at all that I can see. Receiver is dated to 1937...not sure if this one saw any real service or not...it's too "nice" to tell!

 

[flightsimmer]

You still need the M1 Carbine.

 

[doddsracing]

A 1917 Endfield would look good with those also .

 

[DoggyDaddy]

You still need the M1 Carbine.

A 1917 Endfield would look good with those also .

Paul, you were asking a question in this thread... https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo.../461499-what-benefit-curio-relic-license.html

I think you're seeing some answers right here in this one!

 

[Mongo59]

The M17 is WW I, I would think a Johnson Automatic to be more in line with his theme...

 

[55fairlane]

It's been a good week for my collection, I just brought home my first M1903 and made a deal for this sweet 2.4M S/N Winchester Garand...M1a for scale.

It just occurred to me that I don't have a .30 Carbine...yet.

Very nice collection.....if I may....the leather slings are on backwards,and upside down.... (hrfunk has a good YouTube video on how to assemble /use the leather sling)

Your 03 "barrel is high standard " high standard made 4 grove barrels for the 03a3 Smith corona rifles.....

Once you start collecting the u.s. rifle xxx it's an addiction......

 

[Mongo59]

This is an '03 Mark I with the sling properly installed. This one has a Hatcher hole on the other side and was used by the USMC in WW II. It has an 11/42 Springfield barrel.

 

[PaulF]

Very nice collection.....if I may....the leather slings are on backwards,and upside down.... (hrfunk has a good YouTube video on how to assemble /use the leather sling)

Your 03 "barrel is high standard " high standard made 4 grove barrels for the 03a3 Smith corona rifles.....

Once you start collecting the u.s. rifle xxx it's an addiction......

Welp...that's a bit embarrassing!

So, I spent some time on youtube and figured out how to correctly install the leather slings. Now I see what you meant by upside down. I don't intend to shoot these guns much, so the slings are purely decorative...but I appreciate the heads-up on the correct way to install them...I wouldn't have likely cought that detail on my own. Thanks.

 

[Miller Tyme]

You need an 03a4 and an M1D to go with them.

 

[Mongo59]

M1D's are easy, you can put a M1D barrel on any M1 receiver. M1C's though, that is a different story. The receiver was tapped for those.

But the scope is the real hangup. You could buy another real nice M1 for what the reproductions cost, 3 or more new guns for a real scope...

 

[Sniper 79]