Page 1 of 2
1903A4 Springfield sniper rifle replica
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 2:57 pm
by Dave 101
Interesting video about the Gibbs replica of a classic rifle .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcc99z8PPQw
Dave
Re: 1903A4 Springfield sniper rifle replica
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 8:23 pm
by AL8
thats interesting, thanks
Re: 1903A4 Springfield sniper rifle replica
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 8:33 pm
by Blu
Re: 1903A4 Springfield sniper rifle replica
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 8:36 pm
by saddler
...and $100US will get you the leather scope caps for it
Re: 1903A4 Springfield sniper rifle replica
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 10:59 am
by Ballistol
Re: 1903A4 Springfield sniper rifle replica
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:06 am
by Porcupine
FYI the bolts on these are A3 not A4. They have a full length safety catch that touches the scope as opposed to the half safety on the A4.
Re: 1903A4 Springfield sniper rifle replica
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:21 pm
by saddler
Porcupine wrote:FYI the bolts on these are A3 not A4. They have a full length safety catch that touches the scope as opposed to the half safety on the A4.
???
My WW2 dated Remington A4 seems to have a standard safety too - as far as I know they ALL did!
It was just one of the many design faults with the rifle
Er, NO THANKS - at least, not at that price!
When they first came out the Gibbs A4's were selling in the UK for about £1000, usually less.
Two years o so down the line, and the newer version
(with a new improved 2nd-generation M73B1 replica scope; the 1st gen. copies kept breaking) is now 40% more expensive!!
Re: 1903A4 Springfield sniper rifle replica
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 4:54 pm
by Porcupine
saddler wrote:My WW2 dated Remington A4 seems to have a standard safety too - as far as I know they ALL did!
It was just one of the many design faults with the rifle
Just had a Google around because the A4 I've handled had a half-length safety and the owner told me this was one of the differences between A3 and A4... Turns out the shorter safety was an after-market post-war product and was never issued by the military. My bad!
Re: 1903A4 Springfield sniper rifle replica
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:21 pm
by saddler
Porcupine wrote:saddler wrote:My WW2 dated Remington A4 seems to have a standard safety too - as far as I know they ALL did!
It was just one of the many design faults with the rifle
Just had a Google around because the A4 I've handled had a half-length safety and the owner told me this was one of the differences between A3 and A4... Turns out the shorter safety was an after-market post-war product and was never issued by the military. My bad!
Yip - Lyman brought out a load of such gizmos after the war to capitalise on folk customising old mil-surp bolt actions into sporting guns.
You are hereby fined 100 SSA 6.8SPC cases....
bigteeth
Re: 1903A4 Springfield sniper rifle replica
Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 9:42 pm
by lapua338
Before purchasing one of these I suggest you read the following article;
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.tvg/G ... Sniper.pdf
I saw the original rifle before it was rebuilt and it was very poorly finished. The Chinese manufactured scope was equally appalling.
