Unique Springfield 1922 questions

[Herschel]

The original finish is a plus. The line around the stock looks like it has been cut and reattached. Is that some kind of line or does it appear to have been cut and glued back together? Original M2 magazines show up often on ebay and gunbroker. Make sure it has the three little teeth on the sides of the floorplate and is stamped M2 on the top left side. They usually sell for $100 to $125. If the bolt was installed in the rifle by Springfield Armory, the rifle's serial number should be hand etched in electric pencil on the bottom with some digits on either side of the line where the front and back parts of the bolt meet. Parts for these rifles were available from the Director of Civilian Marksmanship in the 1930's. Parts for the rifle could have been ordered from the DCM and installed by a commercial gunsmith. I would say the extra barrel would be worth $200.00 or more unless the bore is bad. If the stock has been cut you may have paid a little more than your could get back. If the stock has not been cut you good a good buy.

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[Zinclepto]

The original finish is a plus. The line around the stock looks like it has been cut and reattached. Is that some kind of line or does it appear to have been cut and glued back together? Original M2 magazines show up often on ebay and gunbroker. Make sure it has the three little teeth on the sides of the floorplate and is stamped M2 on the top left side. They usually sell for $100 to $125. If the bolt was installed in the rifle by Springfield Armory, the rifle's serial number should be hand etched in electric pencil on the bottom with some digits on either side of the line where the front and back parts of the bolt meet. Parts for these rifles were available from the Director of Civilian Marksmanship in the 1930's. Parts for the rifle could have been ordered from the DCM and installed by a commercial gunsmith. I would say the extra barrel would be worth $200.00 or more unless the bore is bad. If the stock has been cut you may have paid a little more than your could get back. If the stock has not been cut you good a good buy.

Thanks again...

I pulled the bolt out and it does have the serial number with other digits etched in what you described as a pencil etch.
I didn't get the other digits , but I can if it makes a difference,
The stock has not been pulled off in the back or reattached. I always wondered what that was? It's like a pencil line perfectly straight going around the stock. Have you ever seen that before? Perhaps the original owner was considering shortening or lengthening?