1918 M1903 Found and Pictures

[bulldog_mack13]

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 CMP 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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[Mike D]

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.

[bulldog_mack13]

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

[sniper188]

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

I don't know about the US Army but when WWII started the Marine Corps grabbed all the 1903NM's they could find and converted them
to sniper rifles. Then they grabbed all the Star Gauged barrels they could find and fitted them to 1903 receivers for their own use. The polished bolts and rear sights were removed and replaced with parked ones. Some had 8X scopes mounted, others didn't.
Trying to figure out where a 80 year old Military gun has been is like hitting the Lotto.

[musketshooter]

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.

[bulldog_mack13]

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?

[Mike D]

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.

[Rick the Librarian]

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.

[bulldog_mack13]

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.

[Calif-Steve]

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?