Good Afternoon All and Happy belated Fourth of July!
I’m a new guy here and have come into possession of a 1903 Rock Island thru the estate of a family friend. When I got the old warhorse, the stock had been cut down for sporting use, but all else was good to go. As I went down the rabbit hole, I found that it had some of the characteristics of a USMC 1903. It had a hand stippled butt plate, Hatcher Hole drilled, pea green coloring on the appropriate receiver parts and vice marks on the barrel. It bears serial #298156. It doesn’t have a Sedgley marked barrel, but SA Flaming bomb 9-42 stamped barrel. As I said earlier, the stock had been cut up, so I put the guy into an old Greek 1903 stock that I had in the bin.
Does anyone have any ideas on serial number searches to see if this guy falls into Marine ranges? I don’t have access to SRS, so any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Goopy
Pics will be forthcoming, after holiday trips are thru- for being an old timer, it still is a good looking rifle Greek clothes or not…