SA Serial Number 1092388

[shooterm1]

I have a receiver [sn 1092388] that I purchased with the idea of building up a Sporter ..... it has been drilled already for the Lyman 48.

after doing some light research I see that this was among the last of the SA receivers made prior to Mark I production and that these receivers/rifles are often in the National Match category.

any thoughts here on this receiver's pedigree?

TIA

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[shooterm1]

this receiver is in its original config. and has no Hatcher Hole .....

if I do pursue the Sporter project should I drill the Hatcher hole?

[Jim Tarleton]

It was manufactured on or about 4-20-1919. I wouldn't drill a HH. I wouldn't put a scope on it either. Just my opinion.

Jim
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1091815 03/12/1924 CO A 10TH INF

1092009 05/22/1923 CO A 38TH INF

1092162 10/28/1928 CCNY TO NYU

1092162 03/20/1933 NY UNIV

1092388

1092542 04/22/1919 MANUFACTURED

1092542 01/12/1940 INQUIRY FROM OO

1092682 12/01/1925 LITTLE ROCK AIR INT DEP TO RIA

1092974 NM 07/24/1919 1919 NM AMMO TEST

1092976 03/12/1924 CO C 10TH INF

1092977 05/04/1933 NY STATE ARS GOVS ISLAND

1092990 12/01/1925 LITTLE ROCK AIR INT DEP TO RIA

[John Beard]

I have a receiver [sn 1092388] that I purchased with the idea of building up a Sporter ..... it has been drilled already for the Lyman 48.

after doing some light research I see that this was among the last of the SA receivers made prior to Mark I production and that these receivers/rifles are often in the National Match category.

any thoughts here on this receiver's pedigree?

TIA

You have erred slightly. That's the bad news. Mark I production started in early December, 1918, somewhere around S/N 1035000.

The good news is that you have a National Match receiver. That's why it's drilled for a Lyman 48. It's well-documented that non-Mark I rifles in the upper S/N 108xxxx through lower S/N 109xxxx range are 1919 National Match rifles. And the even-better news is that the 1919 National Match rifles exhibit a fairly wide barrel date range. So, while challenging, the rifle is restorable.

I recommend that you seek another receiver for making a sporter and set that one aside or pass it along as a "project rifle." Good high number receivers suitable for making a sporter are fairly common and inexpensive.

My 2c worth.

J.B.

[Chuckindenver]

wow, i happen to have a barrel for that puppy....

[oakfarm]

Hey Chuck;Are the rails polished?

[cary m2a]

I'm with Jim and John.
She needs restored, what a find.

Cary