1903 Sporter

[Tom Trevor]

Looked at a 1903 NRA Sporter today belonging to a club member. The rubber add on buttplate is rotten. And he wondered if the M-1922 plate was used on the NRA Sporters? Thanks for the help.

[Randy A]

I think the sporter plates were a think all their own. The 1922 was just a heavy checkered just like the NM 1903 plate, but had no trap. The rubber slip-overs used to be fairly easy to find, now that you mention it, haven't seen any around lately.

[Tom Trevor]

Thanks Randy A, Previous owner removed plate and used rubber slip on which stuck to the safe floor while turning to mush.

[Randy A]

I think I have one (buttplate) for a sporter, moved and may take a while to find it though.

[Tom Trevor]

Let me know he may well be interested.

[Herschel]

The Model of 1922 Springfield and the 1903 NRA Sporter both used the thick, shotgun type buttplate. They had a nitre blackened finish that was highly polished. The same type buttplate was used on the Model of 1922M1 Springfield rifles that were made up for issue to DCM affiliated rifle clubs. Many of these buttplates will be found with a parkerized finish. That is not correct for the NRA Sporter. The heavy checkered buttplate without trapdoor that Randy described above was used on the 1922M1 Issue Type rifle stocks and on the M2 Rifle stocks.

[Tom Trevor]

Herschel, Thank you so would e-bay item 181914447353 be able to be used?

[Herschel]

That buttplate might be used but I would not buy it due to the extra hole with a screw head in it. The last picture makes the buttplate look too thick on the end with the extra hole. I appears to me be a well done gunsmith job meant to make the buttplate thicker on that end to change the angle of the buttplate. Correct buttplates can be found in the $100 price range.

[Tom Trevor]

Thank you we will keep looking.

[EriCal]

Two NRA Sporters and a M2

[EriCal]

Stop!

My Mistake. The rifle on the right is the Sedgley, not an M2. I don't have a photo of the butt of the M2 but will take one and post it if that would help.

[Herschel]

The stock may be off an M2 Rifle but the buttplate is not correct for it. It appears to be a Model 70 Winchester buttplate. The 1922M1 and M2 Issue Type buttplate has heavy checkering and is without a trapdoor. It will be bent over the stock of the stock with a screw coming down into it from the top.

[JimF]

Two NRA Sporters and a M2

If the rifle on the right is your M2, I don't believe that butt-plate is original SA . . .

It looks to me to be a Model 70 Winchester (or maybe from a Model 64 Winchester). --Jim

[Herschel]

The two NRA Sporter buttplates shown should let the OP know exactly what he should look for.

[Tom Trevor]

Thanks guys, Paul in Globe Arizona had two of them in stock.