1903 stock question

I was only recently bitten by the milsurp bug when I was given a mosin nagant for Christmas a few years back. this week I saw a 1903 sitting in a local shop and it looked really nice with a little patina on the receiver and the bore was nice and shiny so I picked it up. its a remington 1903 (the barrel is marked 1942) but I realized when I got it home it was wearing a "C" stock which doesnt appear to have any military markings on it. from my research, this rifle SHOULD have a straight stock. it certainly doesn't look like a new add-on. could this be an arsenal swap-out or a previous owner who just didnt care for the straight stock?

Welcome to the forum!

It could have picked up the C-stock during a rebuild and any marks were later sanded off, or like you said, maybe a previous owner installed it.

C-stocks are definitely the most comfortable to shoot with. What are they asking?

If it is a pre-war C-stock, it would up the value.

Do check the bore. Don't buy a crappy bore. There are too many nice ones out there. :thup:

Mike

well I already brought her home. it ended up about 700 after tax. I feel certain I overpaid as far as actual "value" of the rifle but you just dont see these around here so I went for it.

bore is a mirror finish and shoots like a dream in the 35 yards I have at my disposal. waiting on some reloading supplies (my first venture into reloading) and I'll be taking her out to a respectable range before too long

Are you sure there are no markings? Note even a K in the magazine cutoff notch?

If the stock is a replacement stock installed by an arsenal, we would expect it to have an arsenal stamp & a proof P. Until the late 1990's, it was easy to find surplus NOS stocks that had no marking other than the one in the cutoff notch.

We'd like to see photos when you get a chance.

Neal

sure enough. there is a k in the cutoff notch. there is also a small repair underneath the bolt handle. I'll get pics up ASAP