Pay Attention Lancebear !!
Kirk has a ROCK ISLAND rifle, not a Springfield. That SN range is double heat treated and perfectly safe to fire. :super:
FWIW,
Emri
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Stock pics & S/N question
Jim:
Thanks for posting the S/N info. It verifies everything else. Two of the rifles you list have an "08" date but the serial numbers come from about 1918. Is this a typo or do you mean 2008 (CMP transaction?)? Also, two others have a "51" date. Did the Marines hold onto their rifles that long?
I posted some pics of the stock. This was an arduous effort as no matter how hard I tried, my gaffer was not satisfied with the way I laid out the wood. Or, perhaps it was the drape or lighting. He redid everything I did.
I thought the RIA DHT receivers started at 285507; 279669 is a few thousand short so it should be a SHT receiver. It most likely is safe to fire given its history but I don't want to take the chance or destroy a 90 year old rifle. I have other 1903s to shoot.