I decided to get a clone 1903a4 sniper after reading all the reviews on who actually made what for who, who uses what ect ect I went with the RockRidgeMacineWorks labeled one. Your choices out there are Curt Wolfe/Rock Ridge Machine, Gibbs rifle co and james river armory.
From all the internet postings it seems Rock Ridge does the work for the others ??????? From a bit of searching its unclear what barrels gibbs uses vs rock ridge uses Criterion barrels?? One thing id that these where built of drill rifle recievers
I dont know how heave the weld was on the bolt cut off? They seemed to do a good job "un welding it" I have seen some bad examples.
The wood appears to be walnut it is typical Boyds/dupage/cmp replacement the coloring is a bit off so I most likely will stain and tung oil this one also. I like the fact that the stock is void of the phoney cartouches or the cmp stamp. Also compared to the gibbs I have seen down the club the parkerize is a darker slightly greenish tint vs the really light grey of the gibbs.
hope to range test it soon.....also I did a screw check, not a loose screw to be found.
From all the internet postings it seems Rock Ridge does the work for the others ??????? From a bit of searching its unclear what barrels gibbs uses vs rock ridge uses Criterion barrels?? One thing id that these where built of drill rifle recievers
I dont know how heave the weld was on the bolt cut off? They seemed to do a good job "un welding it" I have seen some bad examples.
The wood appears to be walnut it is typical Boyds/dupage/cmp replacement the coloring is a bit off so I most likely will stain and tung oil this one also. I like the fact that the stock is void of the phoney cartouches or the cmp stamp. Also compared to the gibbs I have seen down the club the parkerize is a darker slightly greenish tint vs the really light grey of the gibbs.
hope to range test it soon.....also I did a screw check, not a loose screw to be found.