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    1918 M1903 Found and Pictures

    Here is the latest M1903 I have found.

    The SA 1903A1 also has the correct barrel for the receiver SA 94X,XXX. SA 6-18 MW=0. Perfect bore. It also has the original cleaning kit in the buttstock. The c-stock is a NM pre-WWII c-stock. It has an F and S in the cutoff recess. This proves it's NM origins. This rifle is easily worth $1800.

    Has CMPicon papers . The NM SA 1903A1 has an SA 6-18 barrel with a MW=0.0. She is stellar.

    Those are the details I have of the rifle that the seller sent me. Heres some pictures. If everything works out I should have it tomorrow. , Jay
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    Nice looking rifle, should make a good shooter!

    I'd be interested to know if there really is a way to determine if the stock was once on a NM rifle. Looks like someone got ahold of it with some sandpaper and removed some stamps.

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    How do you know a rifle is a NM rifle to begin with ? Im guessing the NM rifles never went to war .

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    Interesting parts gun. There were no A1s made in 1918. It has a ww2 handguard. If it does not have a drawing number on the stock ahead of the rear swivel, it's not a NM stock. I can assure you that the handguard is not a NM. They too have to have the drawing number on them. I hope you didn't pay NM or completely authentic price for it.

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    Is this rifle a A1? What year is the rifle, from what I looked up its a 1918 receaver. Whats the A below the 6-18 on the barrel stand for?

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    Barrel and receiver match, 1918. I don't think A1's came out until the early to mid-30's.

    J.B. has said after 1916, the meaning of the "A" on the barrel is unknown. Prior to that, it was deemed "acceptable", during inspection/overhaul.

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    The stock is almost certainly a non-NM stock. Any sign of a serial number on the bottom side near the butt swivel? mAlthough hard to tell without some closer pictures, I'd say more like a $900-1000 rifle.

    Springfield Armory produced thousands of non-NM Type C stocks. All had an "S" in the recess for the cutoff.
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    I will look it over when I get the rifle in and post up some pictures. I was told it has numbers on the stock I think. Would a 1918 SA stock be worth way more than a NM stock? I want to put the rifle back into its 1918 year.

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    Not sure this is a NM stock. I know this is not an NM rifle. If I may ask, what did you pay for this rifle?

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    Im glad its not a NM rifle, im looking for a USGI WW1 SA that could have gone to war. I may have 900 in it. But I dont have it yet. ,Jay

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