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  • Sako
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2009
    • 654

    #1

    Stainless Steel 1903

    I am going to buy this rifle and then I will be the only person in the world to own a stainless steel Rock Island 1903 with a SA 8-30 barrel. Don't none of yall bid on it and I can get it for the low price of $2900.00
    http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=332393026
  • dave
    Senior Member
    • Aug 2009
    • 6778

    #2
    A stainless steel with parts still with rust on them! looks like a nice pre-war c stock tho.
    You can never go home again.

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    • Fred
      Senior Member
      • Sep 2009
      • 4977

      #3
      Oh My God...
      Last edited by Fred; 03-19-2013, 06:22.

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      • Rick the Librarian
        Super Moderator
        • Aug 2009
        • 6700

        #4
        I'm sure he thinks he has a big winner. I wonder how many bidding cycles he'll go through before he figures what he REALLY has.
        "We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst."
        --C.S. Lewis

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        • chuckindenver
          Senior Member
          • Sep 2009
          • 3005

          #5
          stained stainless steel lol lol..thats almost as funny as the snowwis sniper scope....when in fact it was a simmons scope upside down .
          if it aint broke...fix it till it finally is.

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          • kcw
            Senior Member
            • Aug 2009
            • 1173

            #6
            A very rare of example of the contract lot made for the "Special Maritme Forces of the VFW"?

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            • gpb
              Senior Member
              • Nov 2011
              • 177

              #7
              The posting also states that it has a 32 inch barrel and a magazine capacity of 4. Does the 32 inch barrel add to rarity and value?

              " Characteristics for Item # 332393026
              Manufacturer: Rock Island
              Model: 1903
              Caliber: .30-06
              Barrel Length: 32 inch
              Capacity: 4 "

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              • Rick the Librarian
                Super Moderator
                • Aug 2009
                • 6700

                #8
                Update: I took a chance and contacted the seller and he freely admitted he had no knowledge about the rifle or M1903s in general. I told him I'd give him a hand in identifying what he has. Seems to be a nice enough guy.
                "We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst."
                --C.S. Lewis

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                • chuckindenver
                  Senior Member
                  • Sep 2009
                  • 3005

                  #9
                  hmm, seems he knew enough to price a 400.00 rifle at 2900.00 though
                  if it aint broke...fix it till it finally is.

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                  • Rick the Librarian
                    Super Moderator
                    • Aug 2009
                    • 6700

                    #10
                    If he had a bunch of transactions on GB I'd think he was trolling for a sucker. Could have had someone sell it to him for a bundle as a "rare" 1903 or had someone TELL him it was rare. In his return email, he didn't seem at all "huffy" and was at least apparantly reaching out for some help. I agree he should have "reached out" before he listed the rifle.
                    "We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst."
                    --C.S. Lewis

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                    • Jim in Salt Lake
                      Senior Member
                      • Aug 2009
                      • 854

                      #11
                      Hey Rick, is it a high number? I couldn't see in the pictures, they get blurry when you enlarge them.

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                      • Rick the Librarian
                        Super Moderator
                        • Aug 2009
                        • 6700

                        #12
                        It has a 1930 SA barrel - I'm guessing one in the 300,000-400,000 range. I did tell him that it is good to at least state the first few digits.
                        "We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst."
                        --C.S. Lewis

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                        • Doug Douglass
                          Senior Member
                          • Aug 2009
                          • 2264

                          #13
                          Looks like a VFW return. Nice butt plate.

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