Rock Island 1903, possible NM rifle?

[John Beard]

I concur with RCS. The barrel in his National Match rifle was made using a blank sent from Rock Island Arsenal in 1926.

J.B.

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... the early NM rifles did have AV barrels despite what somebody posted earlier.

The source of your information is misinformed. NM rifles were not fitted with AV barrels. Some post-WWI NM rifles, however, were fitted with barrels made using leftover AV steel blanks.

J.B.