Just acquired a 1915 M1903 - a few questions please

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Probably they were also mostly not noticed back then? I bought one two years ago which can also be considered factory new, and I'm now the second owner (stayed within the family since 1915).

Promo your mail box is full.

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[dokcop]

Smokeeaterpilot is not out on a limb. I can confirm that your rifle is a sales rifle with high probability. Not all sales rifles were marked "N.R.A." because not all sales rifles were sold to NRA members. Some were sold to military officers, politicians, etc., and those were not marked. Almost all rifles in your rifle's serial range were marked "N.R.A." So your rifle is a bit unusual in that regard.

Thanks for taking the time to make and post pictures. Please oblige us with more pictures after you take delivery on Monday. Thanks!

J.B.

Mr Beard: I read in one of the several '03 references that prewar sales rifles were offered in both "S" (standard) and "SS" (star gauged) versions. Not so, apparently...

[John Beard]

Mr Beard: I read in one of the several '03 references that prewar sales rifles were offered in both "S" (standard) and "SS" (star gauged) versions. Not so, apparently...

I read that also. But I am skeptical that the information is accurate. I have seen no such references in the sketchy archives documentation I have. As best I can tell, only one category of rifle was offered for sale, and it was star-gauged and targeted.

J.B.