Do any of you use a Remington 1903-A3?

[jjj/jjj]

I can get mine to shoot straight but never consistently. Can't figure out what the deal is; whether it's me or something with the gun. Once the action bolts had come loose, but I tightened them up and used Titelok and that hasn't been a problem since. The front band kept coming loose and coming off every 20 shots or so, so I overtightened it and used Titelok until it stopped doing that. It's on there tight but not so tight that it's altering the bedding at the front where the barrel touches the wood on either side but there's space between the barrel and the wood on top of and underneath the barrel. Sometimes it shoots dead on, and sometimes the shots are so off it doesn't even hit the target. I'm shooting using a rest and feel that all my trigger pull issues have been resolved. I'm using a Nikon 9x40 scope that I have dialed in, mounted to an aftermarket scope mount that is on there tight and definitely not coming loose. The only thing I can think of is the heat; the gun barrel and wood definitely get burning hot; could this throw off the shots so bad that at 200 yards they are sometimes dead on and sometimes completely missing the target? Maybe I do have trigger pull/flinch issues? I can't tell what the deal is but it's frustrating; if anyone has experience with these guns and can help me troubleshoot I'd appreciate it!

[doug-y-doug]

I'm not sure, but you might have better luck asking this question in the C&R forum.

What kind of ammo are you using? Are the bullets really corroded? I ask because I recently had some serious flyers at 100 yds when shooting some heavily corroded Portuguese 7.62 NATO. It could be very subtle flinching combined with crappy/inconsistent ammo.

[Divernhunter]

I have one that shoots just fine. If the barrel is getting really hot you need to not shoot so much and let it cool off before shooting again. Not sure about your scope mount or scope. That could be the problem as can the over-tightening of different screws on the rifle. I know this may not be much help but not being there to check it out makes it hard to solve the problem. Have you let someone else who is an accurate shooter fire it?

[jjj/jjj]

I took off the front band and took off the top half of the wood stock cover too, I don't think it really needs either of those, and I'm going to see how it shoots without those, if that changes anything. The bullets weren't corroded but they were cheapo American Eagle; although I've never had problems with those before. My bench rest was a little wobbly, I may have been flinching too or just getting tired from shooting so many rounds. I'll try again tomorrow or the next day and see if the front band and top stock removal help.

[kj]

You might want to check around, but I think I heard once that the barrel on these needs a bit of upward spring. I think they bed the stock at the tip so that it provides a little upwards pressure on the barrel. If you have a gap at the bottom of the barrel/tip of the stock, try slipping in a piece of cardboard or a couple of business cards to shim it.

[smle-man]

You might want to check around, but I think I heard once that the barrel on these needs a bit of upward spring. I think they bed the stock at the tip so that it provides a little upwards pressure on the barrel. If you have a gap at the bottom of the barrel/tip of the stock, try slipping in a piece of cardboard or a couple of business cards to shim it.

seven pounds of upward pressure if my memory is still functioning properly. Also check the muzzle, a tight and concentric muzzle is the most important contributor to an accurate rifle.

[6mmintl]

Take the trigger out,clean it, polish the receiver tang where it rubs in two places, cut 1 coil off trigger spring and moly it and put it back in to check pull function, if still heavy cut 1/2 coil more.

If your handy/confident with a polishing stone touch up the sear and striker surfaces then coat with moly paste.

[jjj/jjj]

I've got the whole thing apart right now on my desk; I definitely want to try some of these suggestions. Especially lightening the trigger pull.

[jjj/jjj]

PS here's a pdf of the original field manual- http://photos.imageevent.com/badgerd...pringfield.pdf

[jjj/jjj]

Turned out it was a defective scope!! I had been going nuts taking my rifle apart and putting it back together again and working on my shooting form with my benchrest and after all that it was just the damn cheapo nikon scope!! something inside it seems to come loose every 20-30 rounds and starting throwing the sighting off

[Bhobbs]

Take off the sh*t scope and use the irons.

[jjj/jjj]

totally. way ahead of you. back to iron sights for me.

[smle-man]

Turned out it was a defective scope!! I had been going nuts taking my rifle apart and putting it back together again and working on my shooting form with my benchrest and after all that it was just the damn cheapo nikon scope!! something inside it seems to come loose every 20-30 rounds and starting throwing the sighting off

The scope has a lifetime warranty. Send it back to them, they'll fix it.

[jjj/jjj]

ok ya ill try that. have you ever heard of this problem before? is it anything i can fix myself? maybe take the scope apart, drip some krazy glue somewhere? it works fine for about 30 rounds everytime i go out and then its like something inside comes loose from the vibrations