butt stock kit and the kid

[dlc_aec]

hello all,

as my son (7 yrs old) and i were working an 03-a3 i have acquired, he asked me what the door on the butt plate was for. i explained to him that the soldiers in the field needed a kit to clean their rifles and that they kept the kit in the stock. i then showed him the hole in the stock and how it lined up with the plate door. he then asked me where was the one for this rifle........ i told him i didnt have one. his reply - well, youve GOT to get one.

so.... this brings me to you all. ive seen the kits with the yellow tube with a pull through and brush inside. is there anything else? seems like its missing something.

thanks for the help,
douglas

[Col. Colt]

Right here - your choice of WWII Plastic, new or used, or Brass:

http://www.billricca.com/03_springfield.htm

CC

[Major Tom]

Mine is a long metal tube with caps at both ends. Holds all the stuff you need. Ebay usually has them @ around $20-25.

[Rick the Librarian]

Both were used during WWII, especially towards the end of the war.

[springfield3]

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Bob

[RCS]

I checked my early SA 1903 s/n 160963 with a SA 2-07 dated barrel, The butt stock is without stock bolts and298592986029861 after removing
the buttplate, noticed the cut for the spare parts container was not done, Photo shows the cleaning kit

[Rick the Librarian]

As I recall, the "cut" for the spare parts kit wasn't introduced until @ 1911.

[11mm]

As I recall, the "cut" for the spare parts kit wasn't introduced until @ 1911.

Make that 1910, which is certainly circa 1911 as Rick says. I just installed one I got this weekend in my 1910 Springfield rifle with a 1910 Rock Island stock. I notice the tube I have has a leather or fiber button in one end, whereas another I have does not, although it has the pocket in the end for button. Was that to prevent rattling?

[Fred]

Yep. The leather tip was to go up against the butt plate.

[Fred]

RCS, is that Brush the early Large type of Rod Bayonet issue?
Also, on the butt plate, are there a set of numbers stamped into the underside of the trap door?

Fred

[RCS]

Fred, I really do not know if that brush is correct or not ? it was in the butt stock kit when I got the rifle.

The butt plate door is not numbered on my SA, but on my Rock Island s/n 64145 with RIA 3-07 barrel,
the butt plate is numbered as shown in my enclosed photos.

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[Fred]

Whether or not your brush is the early large variety or the later slimmer variety that came out around 1906 or 1907, I think it is still correct for your rifle and is part of what was going on at the time, it would've been issued with that rifle.
It's Neat!
I have an early pull through and brush in the early 1st type oiler in the stock of my RB 1903 (with original Sperm Oil), but they were no doubt still in a lot of later rifles issued and used for awhile after that.
Very interesting stuff you've got!

[Fred]

You guys have sealed my fate. I really want to get an early rifle. I have one picked out and am waiting for its owner to get tired of it. Sigh...