An SRS check, please

Hello Milsurp Friends,

Could I please get an SRS check for M1903A1 serial number: 1457549

1934 with an SA 4-33 barrel.

Rifle appears to be in very good condition, with pre-war C stock.

Thanks.

Not listed, but if it has the characteristics of a NM ( star on the muzzle at approximately 6:00 o'clock, star gage record letter and number on the barrel under the hand guard, polished rails, and a coarse checked butt plate ), it is one.

1457547 NM 09/03/37 ENGINEER RIFLE TEAM 1937 NM
1457555 A1NM 09/12/38 DCM RIFLE SALES 1922-42

No. It has a pre-war C stock with Augusta Arsenal (AA) stamps on the left side of stock at rear of receiver. The rails are finished, not polished as is the NS marked bolt. of the 53 photos, there isn't a clear view of the crown, so I asked the seller about the star gage mark. It has the fine checked butt plate. On the top hand guard, forward of the lower band, is "D2817" ......cannot make out the numbers too clear. Most HG drawing numbers are behind the lower band. No Hatcher hole at left of receiver.

This rifle would fill a gap in my 1929-1940 collection. Just wish the reciever/barrel date were of same year. Nonetheless, it seems to be an original mating.

It is a GB auction: https://www.gunbroker.com/item/784568631

The stock is not a pre WW2 stock. The grip is too fat and it has the odd dip in the inletting on the left side forward of the cut off. Still a very nice rifle and could be one of the elusive non NM M1903A1 rifles. If it had the original pre WW2 pistol grip stock and appropriate cartouche, it would be a prize.

I just noticed that. Ok. WOnder why that is there? Could it be one of the Kline stocks? Hmmmm???. I do have a real pre-war C stock that I have used on a parts build rifle. I suppose I could swap the stocks out. But that takes away from whatever "history" this rifle/stock combination has.

Earlier post For an SRS check was negative, but serial fell within a range.

Here is another auction M1903 with the same notch cut into the left side of the stock. What is this?????

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/78157...odal-view-item

WHat period of stock would you say it is? War time or post war rebuild replacement? Is the "AA" rebuild stamp ok?

Just so ya'll know......this rifle sold for $1,700 on GunBroker.com last night

The buyer must have had the correct stock for it.

I looked around and saw several of that stock on rifles. Could you please elaborate on what it is....Replacement stock?. What time period? What manufacturer? How about the "AA" stamp? Did that look ok...original/authentic?

Probably a Keystone stock. Keystone fabricated a "C" type stock that had very generous inletting that would accommodate the 03,(for the FSRSB), the 03
A3 (barrel guard ring) and the 03A4 (cut for the altered bolt). They were generally very oversized. The were available through the DCM and the commercial market for ~$5.00 after WWII. They can generally be identified by the letter "K" stamped in the cut out area. The generous inletting made glass bedding an 03/03A3 in one very easy. They could be worked down into a fairly deceit shape. As long as the recoil plate on the receiver, the flat under the receiver front ring, and the rear area properly bedded they could work OK-except for being oversized. I bought and used several of them. They could be used to convert any of the M903 series rifles into a cheap sporter.
FWIW

This is the picture of an SC 03A3 in A Keystone stock. The stock has been cut to sporter length and the rifle has been glass beded



http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...SCRifle007.jpg