Originally Posted by
rayg
The rifles should have all the correct early 1907 dated components and a high wood stock with no stock reinforcement bolts, a split rear sight base cut out, and a no sight groove hand guard, also the small rear sight wheel and the Platinum sight line on the rear sight leaf slider. The stock should have a “CN” 1908 cartouche and an “S” stamp on the stock tip and a proof “P”. Very scarce to find early original manufactured R.I. 1903 rifles that have not been assembled from stored parts and especially one that was made in the very first months of normal production