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By swapping the screws on the buttplate, I was able to time them correctly. Tang screws also, with just a bit more torque. Grip cap screw was a no-go. It is as tight as it will go, and turning it back leaves the cap loose. Will need to put some dental floss under the head of the screw.  Action, stock and barrel are 'numbers matching'.    Jaeger trigger. 
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That's about as nice a rifle as you'll find anywhere. It's just right.
There's one more thing it needs, though. That's to go out this coming Monday into the deer woods and do what it was built to do.
fiery, dependable, occasionally transcendent
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Mike, Here's a Paul Jaeger Mauser a friend has, I imagine from the same time period. Might come up for sale soon, he buys and sells all the time, may have to do it.... http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=164420
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Beautiful. What Dave in Maine said.
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I won this on gunbroker awhile ago and just picked it up today from my dealer. Jaeger 1903 It isn't quite and fancy as the one on this thread, but I like it. Under the butt plate is FRV 48 10. I've got an old catalog, one passage intrigues me, they wrote "We specialize in remodeling Springfield, Enfield, Mauser and Krag Military Rifles into high grade sporters. If the original barrel is to be used, it is carefully headspaced and proof fired. Any doubtful actions are Rockwell hardness tested. A good number of rifles sold through the D.C.M. are not serviceable." Is anyone familiar with how they were testing and drawing conclusions?
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PhysDoc, They said they checked headspace, it may be some DCM 03s/03A3s closed on a No Go gauge. The No Go gauge is .006" longer than the Go. If a bolt wouldn't close on a "Field", it was considered "safe" by the Government. Since the Field gauge was .010" longer than the Go, some DCM rifles likely closed on the No Go, but not on the Field, so were kept in stock and latter issued through DCM. AS always, I might be wrong. Mike
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That I understand, but I was curious about this statement
"Any doubtful actions are Rockwell hardness tested. A good number of rifles sold through the D.C.M. are not serviceable."
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PhysDoc, I don't know then, unless they were referring to "Low Numbered" rifles, I do know some DCM rifles were Low Numbered. Mike
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