1903A1 National Match Rifle

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  • Jkibler2
    Member
    • Mar 2014
    • 60
    #1

    1903A1 National Match Rifle

    SRS check please. National Match Serial Number 1,401,591 Thank You.
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    • Promo
      Senior Member
      • Jun 2011
      • 335
      #2
      A hit!

      1401591A1NM 091635DCM RIFLE SALES 1922-42

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        • Jkibler2
          Member
          • Mar 2014
          • 60
          #3
          I failed to mention that this rifles barrel is dated 1-38. Is this a little late for the serial number? Also, the floor plate screws are staked! Don't recall ever seeing this on Springfields. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

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            • PhillipM
              Very Senior Member - OFC
              • Aug 2009
              • 5937
              #4
              Originally posted by Jkibler2
              I failed to mention that this rifles barrel is dated 1-38. Is this a little late for the serial number? Also, the floor plate screws are staked! Don't recall ever seeing this on Springfields. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
              Once it left the military, I guess it did what it was made for, shot a lot in matches and the barrel was replaced by a civilian who staked the screws.
              Last edited by PhillipM; 10-18-2016, 07:14.
              Phillip McGregor (OFC)
              "I am neither a fire arms nor a ballistics expert, but I was a combat infantry officer in the Great War, and I absolutely know that the bullet from an infantry rifle has to be able to shoot through things." General Douglas MacArthur

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                • cplnorton
                  Senior Member
                  • Sep 2009
                  • 2194
                  #5
                  The Marines staked or marked their trigger screws on their match rifles so they could make sure they didn't loosen. So I imagine a lot of match shooters did that back then.

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                    • louis
                      Senior Member
                      • Apr 2011
                      • 419
                      #6
                      It wasn't unusual to have a NM rifle rebarreled around that time period 1938 as long as they were the original owner.

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