1.4 million Springfield 1903

[pmclaine]

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[Allen Humphrey]

Beautiful rifle. From the pictures I can see a couple of items that you may or may not consider important to your refurbish.

1. Along with the cocking piece mentioned before, the safety shroud looks to be Smith Corona
2. The cut-off lever looks to have an R, indicating Remington construction
3. Kind of hard to see, but the rear sling swivel on the butt looks like it might be from an 03A3, but it is not clear enough to be certain

The good news is that all of those mentioned components are available and affordable. By the way, I am no expert in these matters, so hopefully some other members can confirm or deny my observations.

Have fun!

[pcaru1]

Wow! Didn't even notice some of the little things you guys pointed out.
It is the stamped not milled style rear sling swivel.
Cut off I knew was wrong but it came with the rifle. Searching.
Safety? What makes one different from another? Color? I have some others with different writing?
Striker rod. After comparing to my 600K Springfield I can see the difference in the knurling and style of machining.
Still waiting for a good deal on a C stock but will probably have to spend the money to get the right kind. But the one this one wears cleaned up real nice. Could not even see the cartouches under the dark cruddy finish. Just the rack # stamps ( I assume thats what they are) that are in the buttstock. Thanks a million for the info.

[P-07ShortLee]

Thanks J.B.

It sometimes confusing what they did have left (and what they used) in the 30's, especially when the Garand was on the horizon.

[Allen Humphrey]

Again, I am not the expert but I will try to answer your last couple of questions.
1. the safety lever itself is identified by the lettering for the pre WW2 rifles which will associate the lever with a particular date range. Levers for the 1903A3 rifles of WW2 have corners that are more square and in the case of Remington, marked with an R

2. the Bolt shroud or sleeve on your rifle has a distinctive scallop shape on the top where the safety lever shaft resides and is associated with Smith Corona rifles. See the link here http://www.vishooter.net/m1903/rem_sc_fps.jpg

Acknowledgement to Mr. Beard for the information on vishooter.

[Calif-Steve]

Do try Bill Ricca and The Dealers Warehouse. Ask to speak with Bill and Rav, respectively. Good luck.

[Chuckindenver]

the safety sleeve pictured is a reproduction...and likely wont fit, or work...

[Harlan (Deceased)]

pecaru1,

As stated, I'd email Bill first. He's usually very quick to get back to you, and he has a lot of parts that aren't listed on his web site.
(His email address is at the bottom of this page)

Bill Ricca's 03/03A3 Parts and Accessories

There's also a small gun shop in Irving, TX that's amazing at coming up with odd 1903 parts, but it's only open on different days of the week.
They take longer, but the entire shop is mostly old parts and there's a good chance they'll have what you need.
(You'll need to call them)

http://www.leesgunparts.com/