Remington 1903-A3 Sporter Value, Fajen Stock

yukon100jack

December 09, 2011 18:22

A co-worker of mine has decided to sell some of the guns he never plans on using. He gave me two to look at wants to sell them. One is a Remington model 03-A3 that has been sporterized. The serial # is 3376144 and it is in very good condition. The stock is the Monte Carlo style without a nose cap. The butt plate says Fajen. The rear sight it a Williams that is mounted on the barrel and maxed out on elevation(all the way high). It doesn't go up high enough to get the front factory sight into the groove to where it should be. It causes me to really squish my face down to get the front sight bead into the rear sight groove. I don't think the sights are even close to being on target. The bore looks really good with distinct lands and grooves. Overall it is very nice and would probably be a good shooter once the sight issue is resolved (replace rear or grind down front?. Is there anyone out there who I can send a few pics to for a better evaluation as far as value and sight correction options? Thanks! yukon100jack@yahoo.com is my email if anyone wants to gove me a shout and ask for pics. Thanks!

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  rufe-snow

  December 09, 2011 20:25

  Per your description doesn't appear to have any collectors value as a military rifle, due to it's sporterization.
  
  The way things are going nowadays with the big box stores and internet dealers selling cheap excellent quality Savages, it's not going to be worth a lot of money as a deer rifle. Unless he's willing to sell it inexpensively, I wouldn't fool with it.

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  countryfarmer

  December 10, 2011 01:59

  $150-$300 tops

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  Mobuck

  December 10, 2011 02:44

  The stock is probably meant for scope use,hence the high cheekpiece. If it's not D&T for a scope, that would reduce the price considerably since the 03A3 action is hard and difficult to drill. If the front and rear sight bases are still intact, the military sights could be reinstalled and are pretty good for most uses(blade front & peep rear).
  Still a $300(tops) rifle.

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  nmyers

  December 10, 2011 03:57

  But, to keep it under "$300 (tops)", that means you don't want your total investment to be > $300.
  
  Since installing the original military rear scope, or installing a scope mount, could easily cost you $200, you probably should look elsewhere if your co-worker wants > $100 for the rifle.
  
  Neal

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  Herschel

  December 10, 2011 04:20

  You didn't mention the finish. If it still has the original military finish it could be restored to 03A3 configuration by replacement of the stock and stock hardware. The barrel mounted rear sight would have to be removed but evidence of where it had been would be covered with the handguard. It would be worth more in military configuration but the stock and hardware, including the rear sight, would probably run $250. In it's present configuration I would say $200 maximum price.

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  Bill Jordan

  December 11, 2011 06:19

  You may call it apples and oranges, but I have a sporterized Enfield III on auction now starting at $100., same thing , not D&T, so I think $150 for the 03 would be about it, IMHO.

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  yukon100jack

  December 11, 2011 07:05

  Thanks all! I think I will return it to him suggest he keep it since the value is minimal.

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