1903A3

Around 1980 I got an excellent 03A3, in good conditions but with a pitted 4 groove bore, I think the culprit were thw corrosive primers .

In those beautyful years I got a licence from our police and imported with no fuss  from Numrich ,a new Remington two groove barrel for the princely sum of 12 US$.

Try to do the same thing nowadays .

The original trigger was under the  3 Kilos ( a little more than three lbs), the Italian minimum for old  GI hardware , shooting from prone with a sling at 200 meters .

I got the stronger striker spring available from  Wolff and put a small washer under the front trigger spring  and had a legal weight trigger .

I consider  stoning the sear or other trigger parts a  wicked sin,  I oil the parts and shoot buckets of cast bullets . after 500 or 100 rounds  you get a smoother trigger and a better trained shooter .

I used  Lyman moulds 311284 , 311467 and 311332 , and the two grooves barrel , vintage 1943 shoot them all well , better than I could  hold 35 years ago .

I stiil have that 03A3 , with fiber optis front and a Lyman peep ,and merrily plink from offhand ,standing .

As my old fiend Felici says  the problem is not on going down to the prone position , the problem is gettin up .