I currently have an 03A3 that someone ‘chopped’ all to hell....wound up being owned by a NYC cop who wanted to get rid of all his guns...he sold it through a common friend to me for $50...the thing is butt ugly what with the ‘sporterized by saw stock’ etc...but this thing will group into a half inch with surplus Danish and Greek ammo all day...a wonderfully accurate piece.
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Vaquero
My M1917 was produced between Dec ‘18 and Jan ‘19, and really hasn’t been shot that much.
The rifling is very sharp, but the bore is very pitted. Evidently, they just proofed these “postwar” guns and stacked them up to clear the contract. It’s rough enough to pull lint out of cleaning patches!!!, so I use a bore snake.
I was a bit concerned about this, and the first few times I shot it, I held it well away from my face, but the brass and primers looked OK. The stock has been chopped, the barrel channel free floated and the action bedded.....and if it can hit T-posts at 200 yards every time I do my part, I can claim MOA performance. Go figure. It’s old and ugly, but gets the job done, sort of a reflection of it’s owner!