Strange Stock Modifications to Rem. 1903

[ArtPahl]

I haven't tried to post pictures to this forum before so maybe this won't work out.

I got this rifle 50+ years ago from a LGS because it was a novelty. Some one put a lot of effort into it for what purpose? The wood work is excellent but---. The rifle itself is an early one; around 2/42, the barrel is a SA 10/42 (no punch mark). The front sight has been thickened by adding a thin steel spacer to one side. The bayonet lug had been ground off (I replaced that part). The hand guard hump sanded off, the rear sight removed and the sight base milled down and a Lyman 48 attached. A cheek piece and a pistol grip added to the stock and the stock painted with a dark varnish! I removed the paint and refinished the stock. The rifle shoots well, the work is very well done (except maybe the paint!) but I have often wondered why. Was it an attempt to make a target rifle? Of course at the time I bought it, 1903's were selling for around $35 (I don't remember what I paid for this one.) so it was not unusual to see weird modifications done to them but this seems over the top.

If some one can instruct me how to attach pictures from my hard drive, I'll try to do it.

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