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My order for 7.62x39 and 5.45x39 went in Sunday night.   I'm good on 7.62x54R.

Dean's Gun Restoration (DGR) also has the barrel.   http://dgrguns.com/0-main-page-barrels.htm   These barrels have chambers that are cut .010 short.  You will need an action wrench, barrel vice, headspace gages, and pull through reamer.  You may also need to use an engine lathe to move the shoulder back so the barrel will 'index' correctly. Some barrels come close enough to not require any machine work, but others don't. Just the luck of the draw on barrel selection.   If you don't have these tools, buying them for a one time install won't be cheap.  It might be better and more cost effective to let a gunsmith do the barrel install.

  CMP has new Criterion barrels in stock.   http://estore.thecmp.org/store/catalog/catalog.aspx?pg=product&ID=065CRI/A3&item=&sfv=&cat=BAR&desc=&udc=&mct=&vndr=&ba=&pmin=&pmax=&note1=&note2=&note3=&note4=&note5=&max=

Spiffy,   I sort of did the same thing back in Jan and shot a match with my old Beretta Elite that I use to shoot.   Confirmed my opinion that SSP should be DA/SA and that all striker-fired should be ESP.   

Be The Person Your Dog Thinks You Are....... Here is my daily dose of Bulldog therapy. Gus......

Of course the NFL can make all of this null and void.  :squint:   http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/76243-minn-police-associations-sue-nfl-over-stadium-gun-ban/

U.S. RIFLE CAL .30 M1 :up:

Spots,   Getting Back on Topic.....   How did that new stock for the M1A work for you?

That always requires that Tac Cool pics have the black-out affect for OPSEC. :tough:

Just remember this simple numbers trick.....   Smaller can go into Bigger.   223 into 556.   But Bigger can't go into Smaller.   556 into 223.   AND - - - What is important is the markings on the barrel in regard to caliber, not what the lower's rollmark might say.

  And a little bit when your Dad was a Master Tool & Die Maker.    ;)   Good Luck.  Remember - - - Post Pics when you are done!

Chicks Dig the Mosin. Especially The Sniper!

  Make sure that the receiver ring has a square mating area to seat the barrel and check for cracks.    Word among the 03/03A3 collector world is that the receivers being sold by AIM are from Gibbs.  Gibbs used drill rifle receivers for their sniper builds.  The drill rifles had their barrels and mag cut-offs welded onto the receiver.  The method Gibbs used to break these welds were often less than gentle and there have been reports of twisted receivers and cracks.  Also check the face of the bolt for any recent machine marks to remove a spot weld to cover the striker hole.   If you do find any evidence of weld marks, be aware that there are many who question the affect that the heat might have had on the steel.  That is a level of metallurgy that way past my liberal arts degrees.   Good news is that AIM is a great company to deal with and with fix any issue that might come up.       

Well the reason that Tennessee is not part of this is because the state's Attorney General does NOT work for and therefore does not reflect the will of The People of the state.   He is appointed by the state supreme court and is accountable only to those five justices.

  Rickey,   Quit reminding me that my days of shooting better are vanishing away faster than my eyesight and reflexes!!!!!!!  :eek:

OK John.......   Stage 5 - - - Those steel plates with the No-Shoots right behind them are just evil.  :stir:  

  SARCO is know to use some parts from China.  The picture I posted is one they use and was lifted off the old Culvers Shooting Page.  You could get that kit from SARCO to build your 03A3 in order to get it up and running.  Later you could track down whatever USGI parts to replace the CHICOM parts that the SARCO kit might come with.  Then again you might get lucky and SARCO might - might send you all USGI parts.    I would also contact SOG (Southern Ohio Gun) at (800) 944-4867 and ask if they have any 1903A3 drill rifles left.  Last fall they showed some in stock.   Is the 03A3 receiver you have coming complete or stripped?  Does it have a bolt?       

So long as you have the correct tools, gauges, and skills to fit and headspace the barrel to your receiver and bolt, it will be a fun build. The challenge will be tracking down all of those small parts & pieces to complete the build. The days back when you get a $125 drill rifle for all of that stuff are long gone. Be careful - - - a lot of CHICOM junk out there now days. You will want to track down USGI parts. And You Know The Man Rule....., Post Pics when you are done! Good Luck!

Remington or Smith Corona?

  Dang!    The picture of all that crated 7N1 'Sniper' Ammo had me reaching for the credit card right up until I noted the 2007 date on the photo.  :stunned:   Should had gotten more of that good stuff back then!

Outstanding!  Good to hear that it shoots as well as it looks.  :up:

  Agree its a 20mm Oerlikon that has the US Navy gray color code marking of a HE tracer.  I think it has never been fired as the driving band (brass ring at bottom) is not engraved with any rifling.   Appears to have an MK26 percussion fuse.  I never liked walking up on anything that looked like it had a fuse.   I would consider it live until some Bomb Disposal folks told me otherwise.   Recommend that you move away from it.  Call 911 and tell them that you have found what appears to be an Unexploded 20mm HE warhead from WWII.

I trust that isn't a live HE warhead.  :panic:

  Unless you've operated out of Hurlburt Field.  :whistle:

  No.   Just a guy that sat on a lot of selection and promotion boards.   Reckon the program being extended to the RA was after I had any skin in that game.  Too bad, since the corruption and fraud within the program was well know within months of it going into affect with the Guard.  Just too much free money with little control over how it was being handed out.      - - - After re-reading this post I want everyone to understand that it was the Program itself that was the problem, not the Guard.  There was so much money being thrown around with so very little accountability of how it was being spent that by its very design the program money was ripe for ethical and moral legitimacy questions.  I'm not surprised that it has now finally come under scrutiny for the justifications and rationalizations of how the program was executed.