Interesting trigger guard, who made it?

[Lancebear]

Hey guys,

Bought some parts recently to repair my '03 that jams on round five. Received two interesting trigger guards. The one on the bottom is an early Remington with lightening groove as noted by J.B. It is marked with an "R" and it has a gray finish. Apparently a rare bird.

The one in the middle came out of my USMC rifle and has a nice olive color, no maker mark, probably RIA or SA.

The TG on top is the one I have questions about. It came packaged in a very tightly woven light green waxed canvas? No paper no markings. It was completely covered with viable soft cosmic. Cleaned it off and noticed some things I haven't seen before.

The color of the finish is a forest green leaning a little to the gray spectrum.
All edges are very sharp and finely machined. The finish feels like #600 grit sandpaper, smooth but with a definite fine tooth. Here's the kicker. All three TG's have different contours but the one in question is drastically different from the other two. Top piece at the rear of the mag box is much thinner. The curve at the top front of the bow is cut much farther back, and the slot for the latch is bigger, also the trigger cutout. Only marking on it is a small clearly struck "8" on the right flat next to the latch slot looking from the top, tried to photograph it but it didn't come out clear in the photo. The machining on the part is truly impressive and in it's condition it would have never been mounted.

Comments and thoughts appreciated here.

Lancebear

P.S. Sorry this turned into a short article rather than a short post, but as Jim T. posted once, this IS a forum of minutiae.

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[Jim Tarleton]

Looks like a nice SA handguard, post WWI. I am just guessing based on what I see.

Jim

[Lancebear]

Hey Jim,

You'd love the metal finish in person. Looks like perfect grain in a beautiful slice of rock under a 16X loup. Must be NOS. It would be great to have a rifle with this finish on all of the metal.....real purty. Hate to put it into a rifle I gotta' sell.

Robert

[John Beard]

Jim Tarleton is addled. He has "handguard" on the brain.

I believe the trigger guard was made by Springfield Armory.

J.B.

[Lancebear]

Hey J.B.,

Thanks for the reply.

Maybe Jim is loopy from breathing a little too much Burgaw swampgas.

You got any idea when it might have been made? And what about the "8", is that just a regular SA thing? Guess I'll use it.

Cheers and pass the swamp gas,

LB

[John Beard]

Hey J.B.,

Thanks for the reply.

Maybe Jim is loopy from breathing a little too much Burgaw swampgas.

You got any idea when it might have been made? And what about the "8", is that just a regular SA thing? Guess I'll use it.

Cheers and pass the swamp gas,

LB

I have no idea when it was made. The "8" is a regular SA thing.

J.B.

[Jim Tarleton]

I am dressed up like the mule, drinking Mint Juleps, and smoking Cuban cigars. I think I will take a walk through the Garden of Good and Evil a little later tonight.

OK, OK, it's a triggerguard. Did you notice the milling tool chatter in the lightening cut just behind the front TRIGGERGUARD screw hole?

Where's my cane?

Jim

[Lancebear]

Jim,

Wish I was over at your place tonight. Just got cigs and beer out here in the Peaceshack. Hell I'd dress up like the mule and we could take a walk into the swamp and maybe meet up with a coupla' hot Cuban ladies dressed up just like us. A swamp version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Course' we'd need a good '03 for security (Want to stay on topic).

Man, you crack me up. Is the Milling tool chatter something of note, or are you just messin' with J.B.?

Death to bad guys,

Robert

[John Beard]

I am dressed up like the mule, drinking Mint Juleps, and smoking Cuban cigars. I think I will take a walk through the Garden of Good and Evil a little later tonight.

OK, OK, it's a triggerguard. Did you notice the milling tool chatter in the lightening cut just behind the front TRIGGERGUARD screw hole?

Where's my cane?

Jim

I did indeed notice the milling chatter in the front lightening cut. But, I don't know what to make of it. As far as I can tell, it's an SA trigger guard. But, I don't know when it was made.

J.B.

[beachbumbob]

I am dressed up like the mule, drinking Mint Juleps, and smoking Cuban cigars. I think I will take a walk through the Garden of Good and Evil a little later tonight.

OK, OK, it's a triggerguard. Did you notice the milling tool chatter in the lightening cut just behind the front TRIGGERGUARD screw hole?

Where's my cane?

Jim

Jim,

If you ever get down to the Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, give me a call - I'd love to talk Springfields or Mint Juleps with you.

Bob