Any Knowledgeable 03A3 Folks In The House?

[Lawdog734]

I'm breathing new life back into a lightly de-activated Smith Corona 1903A3 Springfield drill rifle and would like to match up the replacement components as best as possible, by keeping things Smith Corona.

- it seems like there are a gazillion Remington NOS barrels out there - are Smith Corona or High-Standard 03A3 barrels really that scarce? It seems like all I ever find are Remingtons.

- Is it a pipe dream to get my hands on an "X" marked SC bolt (ie, highly collectable)? Obviously a replacement bolt from one of the contractors (not Remington, not SC) is an option, but I'd really like an SC bolt if possible?

 

[smk1026]

sending pm

 

[Granite3]

Smith Corona stopped production in 44, hard to find new old stock barrels, as all were used in production.

Nice read-

https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2010/3/12/the-smith-corona-03a3s/

 

[Tomthumb]

If you are a MILSURP collector this is the show to see. Was always lots of gun and parts sellers there. http://www.nationalgunday.com/

 

[dadx3]

They can be found. Check out the CMP forums, that is were I have found some parts before.