Quote Originally Posted by Herschel View Post
mmontag,

Without a complete serial number I can't check your serial number against Springfield Research Service records but nearly every serial number between 1294600 and 1294646.
are listed as being sold as NRA Sporters. The serial number on the bolt, the Lyman 48S rear sight, the star gauge mark on the barrel are all characteristics of NRA Sporters.
The NRA Sporters were made and sold as new items in the Sporter configuration. I realize this is a Milsurp forum but I believe you are restoring the rifle to something it never was.
The star guage mark on the barrel on NRA Sporters was hidden under the fore end. It will be something like a letter above three digits.

Repro NRA Sporter stocks are available. Originals are much harder to find. 1922 stocks from Springfield .22's can be made to work and look authentic by putting the stock reinforcing crossbolts in them that did not come in the .22 stocks.

I collect the 1903 Sporters and found a repro stock at a gun show a couple of years ago. I suspect your rifle as found was the result of the original stock being broken
and the owner put it in the commercial stock it was in when you found it.

Congratulations on your find.
Thank you! It was a great find. It's interesting to know that I'm actually putting it into military configuration for the first time. Haa haa, I'd love to find an actual NRA Sporter stock somewhere, maybe even a reproduction would do, depending on how good of a reproduction it is. The last 2 digit are 44 if you want to look it up.