SRS check please

[Jason60chev]

Hello Knowledgable '03 guys........Could you please check your SRS and/or DCM databases for Serial Number 1400918 /SA 7-31. There is a punch-proof mark on the ledge below the serial number, which leads me to believe that the receiver was forged at RIA and sent to Springfield for finishing. Thanks, Jason

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[Rick the Librarian]

The last identified RIA receivers used at Springfield were in the 1,302,000 range - I doubt your receiver was one of these. Could be see a pictures of the receiver and the punch?

[Jason60chev]

Lots of views.......anybody find anything? WOuld really appreciate it.

[Claven2]

I think we do need to see pics of the receiver roll stamp. if you can't figure out how to post them, pm me to get them e-mailed to me and I'll post them for you.

[MPi-KMS-72]

Not mine but I am watching and researching this particular example too. (Thats how I stumbled across this thread!)

[Promo]

The finish on this receiver looks somehow strange to me, could it be that it had been refinished?

[Mike D]

HIT!

M1903A1 NM DCM sales

[Rick the Librarian]

The finish looks similar to those on a couple of rifles I have from the same era. That part may be legit. Still wonder about the DAL and the SA/SPG.

[MPi-KMS-72]

I actually got to see this one in person at the Syracuse Gunshow in April. The guy selling it was walking around with a "for sale" flag in the muzzle. He was looking to get $2500 at the time but that was out of my price range then. The stock is definitely recycled from the 1930 National Matches? Brophy mentions something about that though- I think he says something to the effect that any NM 1903 that wasn't sold off would have been rebuilt for the next year's NM? I'm thinking I made a mistake by not buying it at the darned show... 1903 NM rifles just aren't my thing though, I am more of a bottom feeder when it comes to these things. I like to have something I can shoot and not feel bad about, honestly this thing is just above my level of collecting.

The receiver still has that crunchy sparkley parkerizing look to it but I don't think it has been refinished- you'd have to repolish the insides and if you did that I think it would show up differently than it does. I'm no expert on NMs but it looked legit to me. Has anyone figured out the strange shellac markings on the butt? Was there anyone from NY who was in the matches with those initials? The info must be out there somewhere. I dug around for a day looking for it to no avail.

[Rick the Librarian]

The SA/SPG inspection stamp came along a year or two after the rifle was sold according to SRS ... that is a mystery, alone.