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[m1903rifle]

Is there any way to tell for sure?

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NM rifles will have a polished NS bolt with the rifles serial number etched on it as well as a star gage mark on the muzzle ( looks like a circle with "legs" radiating outward ). Other characteristics include polished rails and follower. Most all NM '03s will have a DAL stock cartouche. They also have heavy checkered buttplate ( yours has a finely checkered buttplate )

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NM rifles will have a polished NS bolt with the rifles serial number etched on it as well as a star gage mark on the muzzle ( looks like a circle with "legs" radiating outward ). Other characteristics include polished rails and follower. Most all NM '03s will have a DAL stock cartouche. They also have heavy checkered buttplate ( yours has a finely checkered buttplate )

I meant identifying it as an original A1. I figured it wasn’t a NM.

[m1903rifle]

No way for sure that I know of. But, it sure looks like one.