Springfield 1903, dated 1908 - any opinions please

[Fred G.]

The bolt appears to have a swept back handle (double heat treated) and so is also a replacement. Were you thinking of buying the rifle? If so, you should know that the rifle has no particular collector value. As a shooter, it might be a good one and it might not be. However it has a Single Heat Treated receiver and so would be dangerous is a failed cartridge case released 55,000 PSI of gas into the receiver and magazine well. The receiver would just fly apart like a glass bottle.