Quote Originally Posted by Calif-Steve View Post
It should have a very early 1919 RIA barrel on it. Most likely the barrel isn't original to the rifle. Vi Shooters site shows SA barrels showing up at around 385,xxx range, although some SA's show up earlier. I like RIA's and my 2 favorite '03's are an NM '03 and a very late 400,xxx RIA, real keepers.
I disagree -- the receiver is nearly 100,000 number up from the 285,507, which I believe was April, 1918. Also, most 300,000 range RIAs have a great variety of barrel dates. In my opinion, the barrel is original. SA barrels started showing up in the 375,000 range, but a good number in the 300,000 range still had RIA barrels.