SRS check for RIA "03

[deepsearn]

Hi,
New here and have been trying to absorb as much info on the '03 as I can. I have the opportunity to buy a RIA '03 advertised as an NRA Sporter. I"m doubtful of it since I read that there were not any made with RIA receivers.

Would someone that has access please check RIA Serial # 338533 to see exactly what it started out as? Many thanks in advance. Here are the only pics I have of it at the time.

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[ArtPahl]

I can't help with the serial number but that looks like a Vaver sight. That would be worth a couple bucks to a collector.

[deepsearn]

Here are some better pics:











---------- Post added at 05:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:25 PM ----------

Yes, the rear sight is a Vaver

[Rick the Librarian]

No SRS hit. The other posters are right about no RIA receivers used. However, a number of blank RIA receivers were used in NRA Sporters. Nearly every M1903 in the 1,290,000 range was a recovered "blank" (or raw forging) receiver obtained from Rock Island, when they ceased manufacturing M1903s. I have one of them.

[Promo]

Can you post a closeup of the rear locking lug on the bolt? NRA and NM rifles had quite distinctive polishing in this area.