custom springfield rifle

boltaction

December 13, 2010 04:17

I came across a used springfield A303 that has been customised It has a nice wood stock jewelled bolt. I'am trying to figure out who made the barrell the only marking on it are stamped REP3 any one have an idea on this thanks

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  Tailgunner1954

  December 13, 2010 04:32

  Barrel manfactures mark the chamber end of the barrel, these marks are machined off when the blank is faced & chambered.
  Any markings you see on a new barrel are put there by the gunsmith that did the instalation
  IOW good luck finding out who made the barrel itself

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  MIKE WISKEY

  December 13, 2010 05:03

  well as only remington and smith corona made the "03a3" and I have seen the "rep" mark on remington barrels so best guess would be a original rem. barrel.

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  nmyers

  December 13, 2010 05:41

  USGI barrels for the 03A3 are marked behind the front sight; but markings may have been removed during the bubba-izing:
  
  
  
  Neal

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  OleDuk

  December 14, 2010 13:29

  REP on a Remington barrel used to be an abbreviation for Remington English Proof. Don't know about the numeral.
  
  Cheers,
  
  OleDuk[:)][:)]

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  101AIRBORNE

  December 14, 2010 16:54

  R.E.P is a Remington Proof Mark
  I do not believe the *E* stands for
  England.

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