I’ve loved these rifles for a long time.
I took my dad’s old sporter (was a converted military) and reconverted it back to resemble a WWII sniper rifle.
I liked the no-frills, weathered look of the existing B&L optic (My dad bought it new the year I was born) so I kept it. I also really liked the chromed bolt.
I hunted with it a few times, but now it mostly sits in my safe.
Beautiful rifle and 30-06 is serious cartridge, I would put milled front bands on it
as befits such a fine piece of wood and steel.
A good friend of mine recently bought a Smith-Corona 1903-A3. Beautiful gun, and easily the most accurate of his WWII rifles (though the Enfield bolt cycles faster and recoil is a bit easier on the shoulder). Nice to see a sporter restored at least partially to its as-issued glory. 
Here’s a pic from the impromptu “military heritage shoot” that we had on Memorial Day; the -03 is second from the left:
I love mine and now that I’m not so worried about losing high cap rights I might order another one of these in a 03A3 config.
Got mine from the CMP, gotta love Cosmoline!
Here’s a teaser of mine (just picked up the barreled-receiver from the 'smiths last night):
More info on my project here:
https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=12725
-WRM
Beautiful, just beautiful guys.
That my friend is the cat’s ass.
PLEASE let us know when you get it out to the range.
That’s a damned beautiful rifle you have there, Gutshot. I restored (sorta) an Enfield years ago and had to eventually sell it, which was painful. After recently acquiring my Garand my war rifle bug has kicked back in.
I love the old Springfields. Your A3 came out great Gutshot!
Here is my son’s sporterized A3 that we picked up at a gunshow last year:
I have a couple in original condition and will have to take pics of them later.
Here is my 1903A1 with Unertl scopes
We have one of these in the shop for like 595 that I drool over, but can never pull the trigger on for some reason. Every time I’ve broken the gongs at the club…it’s been with '06
I’ve been looking for a “C” stock for my 03A3, as the original is cracked.
The CMP store was supposed to be getting some in, but AFAIK there's none there yet. Anyone know where I might find one, ready to use (not Boyd's). Thanks.
Here is mine, a former basket case sporter that I rescued a while back.
That’s a super-looking 03, Wilshire. Nice rescue! 