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Years ago, while there were still a few 6 volt cars on the road in daily service, they would be brought to our shop for repairs. We installed 8 volt batteries in place of the 6 volt. The voltage...

Wow, I guess there's more Bubba in me than I thought! My first thought when reading the title to this thread was:

"The appropriate sized unfinished nail should work just...

My P. J. O'Hare sight micrometer is marked similarly to FlightRN's, U.S.326, with a slightly different font. The markings are in the same location.

Your receiver dates from early 1924, and, IF we are to assume (I'm going to) that the sideways 4 and 91 is actually 491, and someone did an oops when they struck the 4, then Niedner's barrel number...

Looks to me like the inset wood is being used to fill the space where the rear sight base was. Now a 1922 NRA Sporter stock, with a rear sight base, I'm gonna have to think about that one for a...

Cosine 26:

If this rifle has a commercial barrel, it would not have star gauge markings. If it is a USGI barrel from SA it should have them. That was one of my thoughts on how to identify the...

rambo46:

If/when you pull the barreled receiver out of the stock, look for a set of star gauge numbers that would be hidden by the forend. They would consist of a letter over a set of (ususlly) 3...

rambo46:

Your bolt is a straight handled bolt, without looking it should date before 1918, this reinforces my thought that it is built from parts, and not an original T.

rembo46:

Your receiver fits in with a small group on NM rifles, but it is not listed in SRS. Have you pulled the rifle out of the stock? The reason I ask, since it has AO Niedner's stamp on the...

jmichaels32:

If you scope this rifle, the bolt will have to be altered to clear the scope. How are your eyes with the iron sights that are already there?

HTH

Ed:

Congratulations on one fine rifle, unfortunately you just missed the one man that could most help you, Michael Petrov. We lost Michael 2 years ago this coming February. His passionate research...

martin08:

If you are going to continue to venture into the world of 1903 Springfields, I am going to make one more (long) suggestion for you:

The best way to get up to speed on 1903s, other...

martin08:

I think somewhere along the line one of us is confused about something..................either I am missing your point, or I'm thinking you are missing what an NRA Sporter actually is....

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...

Martin08:

A small correction for you, in SRS NMP means a National Match rifle with a pistol grip stock (these can also be denoted NMC, for the type C stock).

A quick look in the SRS DCM book, I...

Martin08:

1265774 is slightly outside a range of Special 1903s, ranging from 1265703 to 1265722, all listed in the SRS DCM Rifle Sales book. There are no other DCM rifles listed from 1265722...

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You need the old Lyman 17A XNA made specifically for the 1903 Springfield, not any of the current Lyman front sights that Lyman makes.

You can do a Google search (or image search)...

Sakorick:

If your 03 cartouche actually is an OGEK in a box, it was inspected at Ogden Arsenal by none other than Elmer Keith. This might help the rifle bring a premium of some sort.

A small,...

NM normally denotes a straight stock, NMC denotes a pistol grip "C" stock.

1405922 is actually an NM, but this one is 1405929.

It does have a really cool rear sight, does that help?

Y'all forgot to look at the rest of the stuff he has for sale............................!

Robert:

Nothing in SRS DCM Rifle Sales, but there are quite a few 1,227,XXX serial numbers in SRS Volume 2 listed as USATC (US Army Troops in China). He lists 28 rifles from 1226420 to 1228680 as...

Vern:

SRS 1922-1942 DCM Rifle Sales shows only 2 rifles in the 1527XXX range: 1527003 and 1527028 as NMA1. This doesn't mean yours isn't an NM, only that it's not in the book!
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DocAV:

Twin Cities Arsenal lot # 19362 was the first lot of non corrosive 3006 ball ammo, and was manufactured in December 1950. Since your ammo is 1000+ lots earlier, I think you can be fairly...

All:

I posed this exact question on the old Jouster forums, and received no definitive answer. At the time, I had just picked up a 5.9 Garand with all the characteristics of a Type 2 NM, and it...