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n2guns
07-04-2017, 09:44
Springfield M1903 serial number 211946

I bought this rifle around 20 years ago. I was once told this was salvaged from the USS California. Is there any way to positively confirm this?

Ed Byrns
07-05-2017, 02:42
Springfield M1903 serial number 211946 was salvaged from the USS California.
Respectfully submitted
Ed Byrns

Fred
07-05-2017, 06:17
We have a Winner!

bruce
07-05-2017, 08:18
Pictures? Sincerely. bruce.

PeteDavis
07-05-2017, 04:16
Charles Pate wrote a feature article on the small arms salvaged from the USS California in the Winter, 2016 issue of "Military Collector and Historian."

PD

Ed Byrns
07-05-2017, 05:41
Hello PD
One of the problems with rifle #211946 is that we are not sure of the manufacturer.
The rifle was one of 91 rifles in Battery #4 on the USS California on an inventory salvage report dated
2/13/1942