I found this pretty nicely sporterized Remington 1903 at a local gun store with a pre-WWII commercial reticle Ziess Zielvier (that unfortunately the prior owner electropenciled his DL and SS number on to along with the floor plate).




What is this stamped on the barrel?


From what I can gather this gun was rebarreled by Ackley sometime in the early 1950s. I think that is pretty darn cool.

Damn straight it is pretty darn cool. Great rifle AND scope. Pay over a $100?

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Originally posted by Ole Miss Guy:
Damn straight it is pretty darn cool. Great rifle AND scope. Pay over a $100?

You are absolutely kidding right?

In this neck of the woods the rifle would be (over priced but) four times that sans scope.
I'm not sure what the scope adds.
There are no deals in the Colorado Springs area anymore..
If you find that stuff for a hundred bucks in your area then I'm coming to visit.
By the way I'm a big eater and I love beer so stock up.

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Originally posted by Ole Miss Guy:
Damn straight it is pretty darn cool. Great rifle AND scope. Pay over a $100?

Ah, yes. $325 OTD and I knew that was as a steal even before I found out PO Ackleys physical connection to this gun.

Yes you got a great deal!

Great find. What a piece of gun history.

It would be great to know the background behind it.

Well done.

EVOC ONE

I would be willing to bet one could find another floor plate in approximately the same condition.

Poof, it is complete and ready to go sans personal info from a previous owner.

Just a thought.

Nice grab! I would just put a different floor plate on it. Don't know what to say about the numbers on the scope; hide them with black tape when you take it out in public? Polish them out and rust blue the scope?

send the scope to Gil Parsons. He can refinish it and it will look like the day it left Ackley's shop.

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Originally posted by Idaho Sharpshooter:
send the scope to Gil Parsons. He can refinish it and it will look like the day it left Ackley's shop.

Mr. Parsons has passed away.

I'll refinish the floorplate next time I set up to blue something, probably in a few weeks when I start working on the well worn, also electropenciled( , not the same guy, rack numbers from what I can gather) S&W M1917 I picked up.

As far as the scope goes, I switched it out with another, modern scope to protect the vintage Ziess. I have contacted a few places that refurbish classic steel tube scopes and have either been told they don't work on euro scopes or quoted prices nearly as much (or more) than the scope is worth in good, original condition so I will probably just leave it as is.

Perhaps it's PO's SSN and DL on the floorplate.

That "P.O.Ackley" on the barrel could just be the cartridge / caliber stamping put on by a smith that chambered the gun. It is common to stamp the new barrel with the new cartridge designation.

You can easily draw file the electro-penciling off the floorplate without much work. Using cold blue, you can probably closely replicate the remaining blueing to match.