30.06, this will be intresting to follow. I started redoing a 1917 Enfield 50 some years ago and after a lot of work, I let a guy trade me out of it before I was done with it. There was an old gunsmith in Orlando, think his name was Don Hall and he let me into his shop and helped me with my project. The biggest issue was grinding the ears of the 1917's receiver. Keep us posted on your progress. Treefarmer
Keep it going!
Thanks treefarmer and bps, encouragement is definitely helpful!!! i have tried to wait on this project, until my patience has gotten better, and hopefully it will pay off. However waiting has caused a problem of finding a receiver, and i am unsure of whether or not i need an 03, or 03a3 receiver. I dont have many options for help with this gun, and most of it is downright easy, but will be taking it to dow arms for the barrel install, headspacing and such. i have found 03a3 receivers online at a place out of Ohio. This gun wont be the beauty that my great grandfather built, nor will it be quite as customized, but i will treasure it always.
Once you get all the parts, pieces and gunsmithing work done and all the "Metal Parts" are ready to be put into a stock, let me know. I have a gunsmith who can disassemble, clean, polish, blue it and assemble it into your stock and he will make it look like it came out of the O3 factory. He won't rape you either to have it done. PM me when you are ready. He is very reasonable with pricing for the quality of work he does. He has reblued at least 15-20 guns between three of us.
my opinion of dow arms has lowered after some poor work and taking forever to do a lousy job. I wouldn't give them such a difficult or important job.
