help on this 1903 A2 rifle

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  • Southron
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2014
    • 150
    #16
    You have a rare and valuable "Collector's item," especially so, since the rifle can be associated with Elmer Keith. I don't know IF there are any other "rebuilt" M1903A2's out there that have the Elmer Keith cartouche on them! You might have a "one of a kind."

    Also note that your rifle is built on a Low Number Rock Island receiver-so to protect your investment, not to mention your well being, do not shoot the rifle.

    Needless to say, the rifle would fetch a very good price at an auction!

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      • Rick the Librarian
        Super Moderator
        • Aug 2009
        • 6700
        #17
        The Elmer Keith inspection stamp (boxed OGEK) is relatively common.
        "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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          • andy_ita
            Senior Member
            • Oct 2009
            • 140
            #18
            And the 1903 marked A2.?

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              • Rick the Librarian
                Super Moderator
                • Aug 2009
                • 6700
                #19
                NOT common, but I wouldn't call it rare.
                "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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                  • PhillipM
                    Very Senior Member - OFC
                    • Aug 2009
                    • 5937
                    #20
                    I know this is a long dead thread, but why is the OGEK stamp on the right side of the stock?
                    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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                      • Liam
                        Senior Member
                        • Sep 2009
                        • 1376
                        #21
                        Old thread, indeed. Mine has O.G.E.K. in box on both sides of the stock.
                        "Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace." - T.R.

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