I have a MS 1903 in 6.5x54 that is in pretty good shape except I noticed today for the first time:

Extractor Collar (I guess that what it's called) is missing a piece:





Bolt Face is also missing a small piece:




And screw head turn off on the extractor collar:




Where could I find some good quality replacement parts or bolt? I might just want to send it to a gunsmith that has experience in MS 1903 restoration.

Thoughts?

That is your ejector; your extractor looks fine. If you can' t find a new one, just weld up the face and mill/file it back to shape. A new one will be hard to get. the bolt face will probably work as is. Check Numrich; might get lucky.

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Originally posted by dpcd:
That is your ejector; your extractor looks fine. If you can' t find a new one, just weld up the face and mill/file it back to shape. A new one will be hard to get. the bolt face will probably work as is. Check Numrich; might get lucky.

Thanks. There's a guy, can't remember his name, but he's located somewhere in Europe that has bunches of old Mannlicher parts. He's not the guy that was building new ones.

Might want to reach out to gunmaker Steve Nelson in Oregon- he's the man when it cows to M-S rifles/carbines.

thanks!

Greek Military 1903 rifle/bolt parts will fit nicely.

I've bought from:

Empire Gun Shop
120 Liberty Valley Rd
Danville, PA 17821
Pete Donato: 570-275-5482
(He does a lot of shows so is on the road many times on Fri/Weekends)


Also:

Springfield Sporters
Penn Run,PA
http://www.ssporters.com/Articles.asp?ID=254

They list Greek M/S parts but do not show individual parts on the website. I usually just give them a call. Email response was slow in the past but I haven't done business with them in a while. I've bought a lot of SMLE, M/S, and Webley parts from them over the years.

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Empire Gun Shop
120 Liberty Valley Rd
Danville, PA 17821

Thanks!

I got a bolt today from one of the sources listed on here and the ejector looked about the same.

Is this type of damage common?

Eric

I have owned 3 MS rifles - two were pre 1924 & one was a 1930s Greek military conversion.

From what I have read over the years, the rifles were made for low pressure - around 40k PSI max. Later models from the 1950 were made in modern full pressure calibers. But the older ones were for low pressure rounds.

I have read of actions being damaged by shooting high pressure loads. So I wonder if that is one of the symptoms in your rifle. Is there any setting back of the bolt lug / recess in the action?

I am no expert. Just asking an honest question. My 2 sporters - 1903 6.5 MS & 1910 9.5 MS are both very tight actions showing little use.