please help id my 1903, not sure what i have?

[browningautorifle]

Of course we're interested. We'll be watching.

[springfield03?]

did not get a chance to shoot it last weekend but i will this sat. this rifle is def a strange one. i noticed while doing its first good cleaning that there is a number stamped under the lug on the rear of the bolt marked with a j and a 5. from what i can find this is a national match bolt but one person here said my serial number was not that of a match rifle. can someone check my serial number again , not saying the guy was wrong but it just seems odd for the number to be in that range and have a nation match bolt and not be.

[Rick the Librarian]

The J5 bolt is not a "National Match" bolt. The bolt was used on production M1903s in 1918 and early 1919. It may have been used on some NM 1903s, but was not manufactured "as such" as a NM bolt.

[Fred G.]

J5 just tells you that the bolt is double heat treated and was made by Springfield.

[browningautorifle]

Anyone have any info on the Mashburn arms co. marked on the barrel and trigger.

Here's a bit of an answer to a very stale question. It comes from an old post in the M14 forum. HTH...

Mashburn Arms, was located in Oklahoma city. They are long since gone. They created custom rifles and custom chambering for many years. They developed proprietary wildcats such as the 7mm Mashburn Super Magnum, the 300 Mashburn Super Magnum, the 350 Mashburn Magnum and several others. Art Mashburn turned out well-made and well-finished custom rifles. After Art sold the business to others, the shop operated under the same name but was only a shell of its former self.

[springfield03?]

kinda like a 50's and 60's GA precision i guess you could say.