Well my three month wait for my Gibbs reproduction 1903A4 arrived.
First let me say that I bought this rifle for a couple reasons, one I always wanted a 1903 sniper rifle. Either the real McCoy or a really good reproduction. Well after the recent surplus cover story on this rifle I was sold......The receivers were bought from CMP and were refinished and blueprinted. They made their own bolts and installed their own barrels. They made the sight bases and found a scope company to make a scope to the specs of the original weaver scope found on the 1903A4 rifle. Used Walnut CMP stocks with all the correct markings.
I am pulling the box open and inside is a black gun case....I open it slowly and inside is my rifle. First thing I notice. The butt plate has a gap at the base almost a half an inch. I then look at the base plate. Its got bang marks all over it from someone pinging it with a hammer. I then look at the bolt handle, its still in the white! Now the killer, the space between the receiver and tang area of the stock is close to an half an inch. Then it gets worse. The scope company but the wind-age and elevation adjustment knobs on backwards.
So should I send my $900 rifle back and hope the next one wont be as bad or just give up and by the Yugo Sniper on sale at Century . $1200 with 900 rounds of 8mm ammo to boot.
I have to tell you with all the hype about these rifes and how this company takes pride in the assembly of each rifle they must have given those folks the day off. Mine looks like a monkey put it together. Needless to say I am and at the same time.
What should I do, return it and get my money back or keep it. They are hard as hell to get.HELP FOLKS
First let me say that I bought this rifle for a couple reasons, one I always wanted a 1903 sniper rifle. Either the real McCoy or a really good reproduction. Well after the recent surplus cover story on this rifle I was sold......The receivers were bought from CMP and were refinished and blueprinted. They made their own bolts and installed their own barrels. They made the sight bases and found a scope company to make a scope to the specs of the original weaver scope found on the 1903A4 rifle. Used Walnut CMP stocks with all the correct markings.
I am pulling the box open and inside is a black gun case....I open it slowly and inside is my rifle. First thing I notice. The butt plate has a gap at the base almost a half an inch. I then look at the base plate. Its got bang marks all over it from someone pinging it with a hammer. I then look at the bolt handle, its still in the white! Now the killer, the space between the receiver and tang area of the stock is close to an half an inch. Then it gets worse. The scope company but the wind-age and elevation adjustment knobs on backwards.
So should I send my $900 rifle back and hope the next one wont be as bad or just give up and by the Yugo Sniper on sale at Century . $1200 with 900 rounds of 8mm ammo to boot.
I have to tell you with all the hype about these rifes and how this company takes pride in the assembly of each rifle they must have given those folks the day off. Mine looks like a monkey put it together. Needless to say I am and at the same time.
What should I do, return it and get my money back or keep it. They are hard as hell to get.HELP FOLKS
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