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US Model Springfield 1903A3 .30-06 Rifle By Gibbs Rifle Company from Classic for Special Price: $899.99

Original Mod Springfield 1903A3 .30-06 Rifles, These beautiful Rifles have been 100% professionally refurbished by the Gibbs Rifle Company
using new Green Mountain 4-Groove Barrels and beautiful walnut replica "C" stocks. One of the most accurate U.S. Military rifles ever designed
and used as sniper weapons in World War II... Not familiar with the 1903A3, then watch the Steven Speiberg war drama Saving Private Ryan.
Barry Peppers U.S. Sniper character is carrying an 03A3.....

Images are actual photos taken here. These are like brand new. Gorgeous Rifles.

Receiver will either be a Remington or Smith Corona... Only a Small Qty Available... Own a Piece of History


http://www.classicfirearms.com/gibbs190 ... ackFriday2

Is this a true collectors item and is it worth $899.99 ?

Classic arms again, and selling a fake piece of history, again, Gibbs rifle company has a well known history of faking milsurps. This is the company that cut down 7.62 Ishapoor Enfields to make a "No7 Jungle carbine", and fooled me into buying it back in the days before the internet made it easy to look such things up. This is a replica M1903 built on a USGI receiver but with new barrel, stock, and other bits, this is not an original M1903 any more than a commercial sporter would be, and it's selling in the same price range as a real M9103 would sell in. Absolute bullshit and not worth anything close to what they ask. Classic the Mosin chromers, and Gibbs the Bubba rifle makers, all we need is Mitchells Mauser's to join the group to make it a perfect trilogy.

I concur, Roger that

Thank you Gents

"Replica" is used way too many times.

NO Is not a good deal at all.

As stated above, this is not a good deal. Gibbs builds those 03A3's on recovered drill rifle receivers, yes that means they've been welded on at some point in time. You can find a real one out there for less dollars if you are patient and search around. The Gibbs rifles are not collectable at all as they're not all USGI. If they were priced around $500.00 I don't think it would be a bad deal for a "shooter" 03A3, but they won't ever be collectible in my opinion.

Suprisingly, on the CMP forums, the Gibbs sniper 03AForgery gets pretty good reviews and seem to resell for near what they cost.

A local gun shop had a Smith Corona (1943 I believe) 03A3 this past Wednesday for $850. The barrel and receiver were both stamped Smith Carona. The stock was SA I belive. My buddy bought it. I would really have like to have it. I seen these Gibbs rifles on Classic's site and they did nothing for me.

I just posted a 9-43 Remington in the forsale section if you are interested. Havent got the pictures up yet though.

Thank you Gents for the advice, I agree it's Fake junk !

RazorBurn wrote:As stated above, this is not a good deal. Gibbs builds those 03A3's on recovered drill rifle receivers, yes that means they've been welded on at some point in time. You can find a real one out there for less dollars if you are patient and search around. The Gibbs rifles are not collectable at all as they're not all USGI. If they were priced around $500.00 I don't think it would be a bad deal for a "shooter" 03A3, but they won't ever be collectible in my opinion.

Suprisingly, on the CMP forums, the Gibbs sniper 03AForgery gets pretty good reviews and seem to resell for near what they cost.

This rifle is bad news, another "replica" that will be passed off as the real deal ten years from now, something more to muddy up the water so to speak.

You can find the real deal cheaper. I picked up a Remington 03a3 for $625 a year or so ago. It's been arsenal refurbished, as have most of them you see, but it's still the real deal.

EJTHor wrote:You can find the real deal cheaper. I picked up a Remington 03a3 for $625 a year or so ago. It's been arsenal refurbished, as have most of them you see, but it's still the real deal.

Great price. Where'd you find that?

Hello, Holly Shit, I just picked up two Rem. 42/43's 03a3's, a few months back for 600.00 total. JUST BECAUSE I had 30-06 dies. One referbed by San Antonio, but not green anodized, still blued; the other semi sported for red field sights, non-referb. in blue, all hardware matches. Luck of the draw....???? Early Bird, Catches The worm??? I love the POI, Working up loads for both, now. Just a bitch, keeping data on two rifles with different OAL with different projectiles. I know, work on one rifle, at a time.. Haste makes waste ...

Those Gibbs are simply a fake and a joke to me. But, if you want just an 06 to shoot and have money to burn, I guess do it if you wish. Not me. You can buy a lot more original for much less.

Original Meaning: At least more correct without having VFW/American Legion blank shooting rifles as the basis.

BenedictGomez wrote:

EJTHor wrote:You can find the real deal cheaper. I picked up a Remington 03a3 for $625 a year or so ago. It's been arsenal refurbished, as have most of them you see, but it's still the real deal.

Great price. Where'd you find that?

There are a few small gun shops in my neck of the woods that have large selections of milsurps. One of them had this rifle on the shelf for $675. I was able to talk them down to $625 because this particular rifle had a 1903 trigger guard and floorplate on it instead of the correct stamped one piece unit.

EJTHor wrote:

BenedictGomez wrote:

EJTHor wrote:You can find the real deal cheaper. I picked up a Remington 03a3 for $625 a year or so ago. It's been arsenal refurbished, as have most of them you see, but it's still the real deal.

Great price. Where'd you find that?

There are a few small gun shops in my neck of the woods that have large selections of milsurps. One of them had this rifle on the shelf for $675. I was able to talk them down to $625 because this particular rifle had a 1903 trigger guard and floorplate on it instead of the correct stamped one piece unit.

sounds like a great deal to me, as the 1903 parts can be sold for a small profit and replaced with correct A3 parts. I did the same thing recently on one that had a milled band and made $40 by putting the right parts on it

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After doing a little research, this 03a3 of mine might NOT be an arsenal rebuild. It was sent to Raritan Arsenal for re-proofing, but from the looks of things, not rebuild. I suspect the trigger guard was replaced during the re-proofing, as the stamped 03a3 trigger guards tended to crack.

That explains why this rifle is otherwise completely original, with the correct mix of blue and parked parts, and are all Remington marked.

I have an 03A3 that I bought about 20 years ago...can't remember how much I have into it....BTW...I THINK the sniper rifle version used I WWII was a 03A4