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Bought a Remington with the barrel dated 6/42. Mint. I can smell the cosmoline in the breech. doesn't look like it was fired. It came with what I believe is a vintage Rock Island/Springfield hybrid S stock. Also mint. The scripted mark I believe is ELV. a 1913-1917 Rock Island inspector. The blocked A.A.J is a SA inspector 1930. Has anyone seen something like this? https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...bab899a0-1.jpg
The stock is not a Rock Island stock and the inspection stamp, I am confident, is not ELV. The stock is an SA stock from the pre-1907 period. The boxed "A.A.J." is an overhaul inspection stamp from Augusta Arsenal post-WWI.
Thanks for sharing!
J.B.
Thank you for the reply. The other possibility I came up with for the scripted mark is CV for C. Valentine 1898-1905. As far as the blocked A.A.J.....I thought that was an Augusta Arsenal overhaul also. But it is a SA M1903 Inspector, unknown, circa 1930. U.S. Inspectors Markings.
Here are some photos of an early Springfield stock without stock bolts and inletted for the open bottom rear sight base. Note the C.C.V. cartoucheAttachment 133019Attachment 133020
Maybe you would mind showing more of the rifle? Would be interesting to see whether it is a high wood or low wood stock, if it has one or two cross bolts, if it has finger grooves, if the tip of the stock has a stamp and if yes which, which kind of P stamp it has behind the trigger guard, etc. Thanks!
Is there any picture showing the left side of the receiver area to be able to tell whether it is a high or low wood stock? At least it seems to have been updated with two cross bolts, though still carrying the original early period acceptance stamps.
Promo, no need to see the left side. It is a low wood; right side is the same. regards.