it came into my care as WWII bringback, so it is no surprise that much of the stuff is not original to the rifle, parts were swapped out as necessary between its born date and WWII. probably the best part of the rifle is the bore is still a very servicable bore, it is far from perfect but definately has full length rifling intact and is still reasonably strong. if my desire to return it to original 1920's vintage arises, i believe the core parts are there. i am gonna see if i can put a name to the rifle as to whom brought it back, and beyond maybe advancing my learning curve a bit more, it is just gonna be in good company in the safe.

the "correct" stocks do seem to exist in various conditions from numrich, ebay etc. and a nice reproduction is on CMPicon's websight, i do like the original cartouches and such .

if you would like other pictures to comment on, tell me what you would like to see, i would like to see what i can learn about the 1903's. at this point and time i do NOT see myself traveling the road of a 1903 addiction, but i've been bit by other rifle platforms in the past.