Personally I have no use for Springfields of any vintage, but that is just my feelings, neither right nor wrong.
The situation is I have an acquaintance who wants to "restore" an "03" (not 03A3) Springfield. It is a high number so I don't believe that is an issue.
The headspace, however, is another story. It takes the NO-GO gauge with absolutely no feel and it just starts to close on the FIELD gauge.
When I explained this to him he did a search on the internet regarding this situation and claims that most places consider it to be a non-issue. As I understand it, the FIELD gauge was a battle field expedient measure to keep rifles in combat longer between major repairs, but not an ideal solution for the most part. It's out there on the internet so it must be true, right?
I am doing my best to discourage this "restoration" but so far he is very adamant in carrying out this project.
Am I just being paranoid or is this a legitimate concern?
So my question to you folks here, what would you do?