Yet another 1922 M2 for your consideration…

[Emri]

I'm not an expert, but here goes. I study M1903's and the .22 series is periferal to that.

The rifles were serial numbered in their own range. They did not exist in 1903, you must have been looking up the number in a M1903 chart and a 10,XXX number would have been a first year production for them. The sights are aftermarket target sights and were not put on at SA. The D- number on the bolt is a drawing number. The 1922's and M1 22's had the reciever serial number on the bolt. Don't know if that is true for the MII's or not. Don't know about the "B" stamped on your reciever. Your rifle was originally manufactured as an M1. It was re-built by SA ( the stock mark indicates that ) and made into an MII (the extra 1 stamped after the M1). The parkerized finish was done at the time of re-build as the rifles were originally blued when manufactured. The 1935 barrel date is probably original to manufacture, but as stated, I'm not an expert and will defer to others who study these rifles. The re-build program and the stock stamping date to the 1940's and if the barrel was bad it would have been replaced and would date to the 40's.

HTH,

Emri

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[A6BN]

The B after the serial number was added when the rifle was upgraded from M1 to M2 (MII) status. Perhaps the other B was added at the same time.