Safe to shoot?

[plinker]

Slight twist to the safety question, how accurate is the Bullet in Barrel test. This Springfield 03 was delivered from CMP as a Service Grade.

By this test, the round is almost all the way to the case neck, it could be a musket??

Considering purchasing it, but looks like it needs a new barrel, thought CMP would test for that and call it a Rack Grade.

[Dr. Peter Venkman]

Before ANY surplus gun is fired it needs to be inspected. I've already said this in this thread. "Shooting from the hip" is not going to save you if there is a hole in the barrel that was hidden in the stock.

Slight twist to the safety question, how accurate is the Bullet in Barrel test. This Springfield 03 was delivered from CMP as a Service Grade.

By this test, the round is almost all the way to the case neck, it could be a musket??

Considering purchasing it, but looks like it needs a new barrel, thought CMP would test for that and call it a Rack Grade.

The bullet in the barrel test only works for rifles that feature their original crown. I am not sure of 1903s were ever counterbored. Counterboring is when an armorer/gunsmith drills out the wornout crown (muzzle) on the barrel and creates a new one inside of it. A counterbored barrel would fail the drop-in test but would still be accurate.

[5aa12]

Its good practice to completely disassemble anything you buy and inspect regardless if you plan on firing it or not. I am not sure about the older mausers but with the K98K most of the ones out there today for purchase (if not vet bring back) are RC models that are frankenstein mis matched bolt, receivers, stocks, follower assemblies etc. Also the RC are renound for having a Sh*t load of cosmolene inside of them too that needs to be removed and all internal parts cleaned and lightly oiled before firing.

You can by your own head space gauge from brownels or other places and check it yourself. Or when in doubt take it to a Gunsmith if your not comfortable doing it your self.

[Seesm]

(hybridatsun350)

I know it sucks but it is a nice shooter and he used to actually hunt with it... It was his favorite so it's mine now too... Miss my grandpa and this is our connection now... I mean it's been in my family since the 40's that is pretty cool in my book original or sporterized...It was done very clean and that is cool. It's not all bubbadized (my word) btw...

[gun toting monkeyboy]

There is a HUGE difference between your grandfather sporterizing a rifle HE picked up, and Bubba and his rusty hacksaw of doom chopping something valuable up to make it "look purddy". It was his gun, that he brought back and used. He did what he did to make it more useable for him. And it has great family value. Bubba just chops things up to try to make a tack driving ferrari out of an old buick of a gun. With no regard for the history behind it. Then tosses it out because, surprise, surprise, it won't work the way he thought it would. You grandfather WAS the history behind it. Sure, it isn't a collector's ideal now. But would your family ever part with it?

-Mb

[fusionstar]

I tired the old string and hide behind the tree thing.


Check if your bolt+receiver match. If they do, 99.9% of the time they are safe to shoot. But is your face worth $25 for a no-go gauge?

If its doesn't close on the no-go gauge your good to go. BECAUSE a live round = go gauge. obviously.

[fusionstar]

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Crap double post. Stupid lag.


Anyway, get a no-go gauge.