I see what you mean but in the case of an 03 springfield, back in the day it was the same as 96/98 mausers, p14/p17 enfields, 303's of all their types etc.
They were readily available and cheap to redo into something more appropriate especially if they'd had a hard life and were shot out.
If that 03 was in good original nick and you were to do that conversion now you'd be an idiot. Back then, not so much.
But I digress-yea there are a lot of bubba'd firearms out there and I am looking forward to see what pops up.
P.S. what nick is the 03 in?
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