So I pulled my butt out of bed and picked up my old man this morning by around 5am and hit the road to hit the south store for a chance at a nice 03-a3. My father is a lover of springfields and it rubbed off on me, but we were always all about the 1903 or great grand daddy's gun as he called it. We were second in line arriving around 5:30am central time. We were met shortly after by several customers wanting to wait their turn for a chance at something different the CMP had in the racks this morning. We waited along with about 20+ folks and it was a mad rush once the doors opened for the perfect rifle. We joked in line about who was going where. My father and I headed for the springers along with many others. Being second in line but first in line looking for a bolt gun I got to scope while I was walking towards the racks. One stood out and I looked at the three tags before that rifle until I got to it. And here she is. To my knowledge this appears to be all correct smith corona with the correct lug stock.. the stock is lightly oiled and the cartouches are fresh looking with dry spots.
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Smith-Corona CMP find
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Great find! I thought the CMP had stopped selling 03A3s a long time ago though. Do those still just show up at random or has a new stock been released or something? How much?
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Wow! I have to go there soon!!! Enjoy
Nice! 
I'm unsure where they came from honestly. The hang tag has a date for 2014 as the year. Back of the warehouse under a log who knows. These were considered service grade rifles and were marked at $650.00
I follow the cmp forums daily and the south store reported 9 on the rack. There was about 9 this morning as they refilled the rack. They also had collector and correct grade M1s on the rack and I am surprised to see these out in the open as opposed to on the auction block.
Wow, sounds like you really lucked up. I hope to get an 03-a3 one of these days.
WOW I know that last year John Beard was there grading some 03 rifles (JB listed as armorer) he is one of the foremost experts on 03 in the country.
I wish that I had been there thats a beautiful rifle well played!
I wish that I had been there thats a beautiful rifle well played!
