Originally Posted by
relics6165
martin08:
The Gunboards photos of 12651XX look to be a standard NRA Sporter, which is what I would expect from the serial number. 81 rifles in the serial number range comprising 1265100 to 1265197 are all listed as NRA Sporters in the SRS DCM book. 6 more are listed as bare receivers, and I would bet that they were all bare Sporter receivers, quite likely sent to custom shops of the day to be turned into custom sporting rifles..
I am not registered on Gunboards, so I can't enlarge the photos, but the thumbnails appear to show an everyday, garden variety Sporter, IF there is such a thing...................
Perhaps you could get the entire serial number from the owner, and we could confirm that?
HTH