The soldier showed me a picture of him being awarded the rifle at "ALL ARMY"
at Fort Benning. The caption said he was an ROTC Cadet and he was the highest scoring Cadet at the competition that year and he was given the rifle as a prize.

It was clearly him holding the rifle and you can see the gold leaf medallions on the stock.

"All Army" is the yearly US Army Rifle Matches held at Ft. Benning by the Army Marksmanship Unit there.

I guess there are several of the rifles out given out each year as prizes to the best shooters in the army.
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