Star Gauging Record for M1903 Ser# 1,180,984

[M1903Guy]

I was going through some of my old boxes today and came across a "STAR GAUGING RECORD FOR U.S. MAGAZINE RIFLE, MODEL OF M1903 SERIAL NUMBER 1180984" It is a hanging tag on card stock. It is 9 3/4 inches by 2 3/4 inches. It was a standard form 'Form Ex-4. 4-28-'19-7000" (which I am guessing is the printing date and number printed) for use on several types of rifles so the model number is hand written in. It has three columns: The left most is "Distance from Muzzle. INCHES" and has printed blocks from 0 to 27. The middle column "Lands Diameter. INCHES" (in this case blocks 0 thru 21 are all stamped "3004". The right most column is "Grooves. Diameter. INCHES. (blocks 0 thru 21 are all stramped with "3085". Interesting piece of ephemera. I'd always hoped to stumble across the rifle.

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