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Unusual Springfield 1903 sporter help please
First off, I would like to bid you all a Merry Christmas and hello from North Carolina. Sorry for no introduction as my first post but I am very excited about this rifle and could use some expertise here of any kind. This will be a present to my son-in-law who is a gun lover like me and I have no experience with this rifle except from what I have recently gathered to take the bolt down to clean it and a futile attempt to figure this gun out. I have had it all apart and know a professional build when I see it. I know nothing about it's history except for the guy I traded with said it was an estate liquidation that he purchased with other rifles. The action has been nicely bedded and the thing looks like new! I am impressed with the work of the previous owner but at the same time it does not look like a military surplus rifle because it has no signs of wear. The bore is bright and mirror shiny with sharp deep rifling. The front sight has slots cut for a hood and the rear sight has Williams marked on the side. I am tempted to remove the scope base because it is covering up the info on the receiver and the 22" barrel has no markings. I can make out a 7 digit serial number barely peeping out from under the scope base. Looks like the box magazine was made in Finland and the stock buttplate is marked White Line/Pachmayr Gun Works. It came with a decent Leupold 3x9 hunting scope too. I would appreciate greatly any generous insight the membership can give me on this piece because I am baffled to no end and give up.
Steve
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