Quick poll - what would YOU do?

[Vulch]

As anyone who has followed my Boyd's saga knows, the rifle I put into that stock set is an SA M1903, 1.27 million serial, which dates the action to 1926. It has an SA 1-30 barrel on it, as it came to me.

The Poll has 3 questions, and you may vote an answer for EACH of the questions - there are 2 seperate questions regarding barrel originality and replace it or not.

I am tempted to believe the 1-30 barrel is original to the rifle - the action made 1926, but assembled as a rifle later. or perhaps rebarrelled for NM in 1930's - we will never know I guess unless it scores a hit in SRS, which so far it has not (yet all serials AROUND are NM or DCMP sales). The rifle stayed in US military use.

The problem with the barrel is a 1/2 inch counter-bore. The bore is otherwise quite nice. Of course we can never tell who or when the counter bore was done - most doubt US military repair.

I have tentatively purchased a 6-27 barrel in VERY fine shape. Would YOU rebarrel it, or leave it as is?

Poll has the questions

[PKelly]

How does it shoot with the current barrel?

[Dan in NY]

The counter bore would bother me, personally....Install the 1927 barrel, and sell the counter-bored barrel & recoup some $$$

[Phil McGrath]

Rebarrel with the 6-27 barrel, its more correct than any barrel that been counterbored and its close to when you rifle was originalty made. I feel you would be doing your rifle a disservice it you didn't. My .02

[Fred]

Definitely rebarrel it!

[PeteDavis]

New pipe.

[Vulch]

How does it shoot with the current barrel?

No idea. Just finished the stock for it

I have decided at this stage to rebarrel it. Will make the final decision when the barrel is in hand.

[Premod70]

If it is to look at then rebarrel but I would shoot it first if it was mine; I like an accurate 03 more than the looks. Is there proof that armorers did not counterbore? To me it may be doubtful but then it could have been a fixall back in the day