Help- 1903-3a Bubba'd Stock replacement

todbiker · May 30, 2015

Sorry for the ABC questions, but I made an impulse buy.
Just picked this up and want to make sure I don't make any fundamental mistakes purchasing an replacement usgi stock for it. Is there any differences between variations of the 1903 with regards to the stock I should be aware of or can you only use any 1903 stock?

Drmsparks · May 30, 2015

it's an o3a3. Make sure the stock is for that. It has a handguard ring that the 1903 does not.

Remington?

todbiker · May 30, 2015

Drmsparks said:
it's an o3a3. Make sure the stock is for that. It has a handguard ring that the 1903 does not.

Remington?

Yes sir, it's a remington

Machodoc · May 30, 2015

Tod - I don't know how collectible a stock you are looking for, but I'll probably soon have a decent "refinished" (sanded, but not varnished) stock available. It looks decent, but most of the markings were either taken down to where they're pretty faint, or gone altogether. It's the sort of thing that CMP did at one time, but I don't think CMP did this one.

todbiker · May 30, 2015

Drmsparks said:
it's an o3a3. Make sure the stock is for that. It has a handguard ring that the 1903 does not.

Remington?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/311370665095?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&fromMakeTrack=true

Is this a 03a3 ?

Drmsparks · May 30, 2015

todbiker said:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/311370665095?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&fromMakeTrack=true

Is this a 03a3 ?

yes and it has all the metal you need.

todbiker · May 30, 2015

Machodoc said:
Tod - I don't know how collectible a stock you are looking for, but I'll probably soon have a decent "refinished" (sanded, but not varnished) stock available. It looks decent, but most of the markings were either taken down to where they're pretty faint, or gone altogether. It's the sort of thing that CMP did at one time, but I don't think CMP did this one.

Thanks Doc, I just want to put it back relatively correct with minimum work.

Drmsparks said:
yes and it has all the metal you need.

Cool, what do you think would be a reasonable price, looks like there's already a few bidders and a couple days left on the auction?

Drmsparks · May 31, 2015

used stocks , no metal start at 75.

repro stocks run 150 and up with no metal.

a full set of stock metal from sarco (will include repro parts) is 50.

Take it from there....

the stock shown in the auction is in really good condition and the metal is nice (mix of blue and park, not arsenal refinish (all park)).

Your a3 also has "factory" not arsenal finish (blue bolt and rear sight)

It should be really pretty when you finish it and that auction stock is a one stop shop for all you need for a full, correct, restoration.

todbiker · May 31, 2015

Drmsparks said:
the stock shown in the auction is in really good condition and the metal is nice (mix of blue and park, not arsenal refinish (all park)).

Your a3 also has "factory" not arsenal finish (blue bolt and rear sight)

It should be really pretty when you finish it and that auction stock is a one stop shop for all you need for a full, correct, restoration.

Thanks, your opinion on condition is greatly appreciated and this particular listing would as you pointed out meet all my needs

DennisCA · Jun 2, 2015

todbiker - I have almost finished my restoration of a "sporterized" Remington 1903a3 that I bought a couple of years ago.
Before:

Remington%201903a3Before_zpshlpxypvo.jpg

After: (almost finished-just a couple of things left to do)

I got the stock off ebay:

I bought the metal parts from Sarco:
http://www.e-sarcoinc.com/search.aspx?find=03A3+Band+&+Hardware+Set+Complete

It was more work than I expected, the stock didn't quite fit the stock - so some woodworking was in order. It also didn't help that once I started the project, I didn't have a lot of time to devote to it. So it was working on it here and there.

I went with that kind of stock was because the first so-call "original" stock I got was junk - cracked everywhere, totally unusable!

fred333 · Jun 2, 2015

I think the A3 looks best with the Scant stock. I also had to do a bit of work around the trigger assembly and upper band components to get everything to seat properly into a NOS stock. But, as I'm sure you found out, the outcome's well worth the effort.
Well done.

todbiker · Jun 2, 2015

DennisCA said:
todbiker - I have almost finished my restoration of a "sporterized" Remington 1903a3 that I bought a couple of years ago.
Before:

After: (almost finished-just a couple of things left to do)

I got the stock off ebay:

I bought the metal parts from Sarco:
http://www.e-sarcoinc.com/search.aspx?find=03A3+Band+&+Hardware+Set+Complete
I went with that kind of stock was because the first so-call "original" stock I got was junk - cracked everywhere, totally unusable!

I noticed a few on ebay with cracks and a couple with a lot of rusted metal.

Looks like yours turned out great :thumbsup:

fred333 said:
I think the A3 looks best with the Scant stock. I also had to do a bit of work around the trigger assembly and upper band components to get everything to seat properly into a NOS stock. But, as I'm sure you found out, the outcome's well worth the effort.
Well done.

How many A3 stock variations are there?

fred333 · Jun 3, 2015

todbiker said:
How many A3 stock variations are there?

Excluding the various "sporters"....

todbiker · Jun 3, 2015

fred333 said:
Excluding the various "sporters"....

Thanks

Drmsparks · Jun 3, 2015

I thought the finger grooves were 03 stocks only?

Yingpin · Jun 3, 2015

10 Minutes left on our Ebay stock and is currently listed at $305 with 40 bids. Just an FYI.

todbiker · Jun 3, 2015

Yingpin said:
10 Minutes left on our Ebay stock and is currently listed at $305 with 40 bids. Just an FYI.

That's more than I payed for my rifle, too rich for my blood

Drmsparks · Jun 3, 2015

That's crazy high.....

todbiker · Jun 3, 2015

Drmsparks said:
That's crazy high.....

Guess it depends on how bad you want it? :innocent0

I didn't bid on it myself.....

Machodoc · Jun 3, 2015

If you give a C&R mouse a cookie ... :innocent0

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