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I have encountered many such om the Mausers to the springfields and the quality and safety is PER INDIVIDUAL firearm That said.I have seen reports that the NO recieavers are 'cast' steel.That would be true.if you are not thinking that they are cast iron.My guess would be that these are INVESTMENT CAST a process used widely in the firearms field(think Ruger) and the process produces safe firearms as long as all tolerences are held. 1903/1903A3 parts are plentiful and fairly cheap.What NO did was produce their own recievers and then match them up with GI parts to get complete guns.The safety of such a throw together depends entirely of the people putting the guns together. It is(was?) and aftermarket assembler of the GI rifle. National Ordanance is NOT a military vendor. If you have ever written a piece about this I would appreciate it if you could email it to me. MY QUESTION.Are NO 1903a3 guns safe to shoot? I would have my gun checked for head space and if the head space is ok.would fire it with commercial and mil surplus ammo. locked.The gas came out of the space between the bolt face and the cartridge head and blew out the magazine well.breaking the wood. I have read many gun blogs where the writers say that NO receivers are cast and they have 'blown up'.The few pictures of ' blown up' guns are actually rifles that have had a cartridge loose its head due to excessive head space. Now, I am semi retired and would like to shoot the 1903a3 for informal target practice.

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I also cut off the end of the stock and made the barrel free floating. Mine came with a black plastic hand guard which I removed. It has a Remington barrel on it ( 2 groove).ДЄll the parts appear to be what a Springfield 1903a3 should have. When I got it I discovered it was made by National Ordnance. I thought it was a Remington make or Springfield mfger. I have used the 1903 trigger guard on Mausers also as to me it is the best looking bottom metal of any military rifle and is better than some commercial ones also.Back in the 1970s I bought a 1903a3 rifle. If you choose to use a 1903A3 action I would by all means use a 1903 trigger guard and floorplate as it is made of milled steel. They aren't laying everywhere but they are by no means rare either. Some of the 1903A3 rifles made by Remington and Smith Corona are finished fairly well but for me if a person is spending the money on a custom rifle I would look for a 1903.

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Other Springfield actions that are made in what is considered the range of safety would include:ДЄll of these are made from Nickel steel and have serial numbers from 3,000,000 to about 3,348,000 I have one in the 850,000 range in 338 Win Mag and it works fine. From 1,275,766 to almost 1,600,00 are the Nickel steel ones and they are also very strong. The ones made from 800,000 to 1,275,766 are the double heat treated ones and are my favorites.

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If it were me I would look for a Springfield Armory action with a serial number above 800,000. As someone mentioned above the National Ordinance receivers were made in order to assemble rifles from available Springfield surplus parts. To me the question is not one of strength but more of fit and finish. I am sure you National Ordanance 1903A3 action would be strong enough for the 257 Weatherby if you really wanted to use it for that.