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Bob - The Beagle Master
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05-03-2009 08:20 PM
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According to C.S. Ferris' Rock Island Rifle Model 1903 Conrad Nelson did work at Springfield Armory--from 1892 to 1904. He was appointed as final inspector of small arms at Rock Island Arsenal in 1904. He remained at RIA through the entire period of the first manufacture of the M1903, and indeed, until 1915, when he went to Remington, during their manufacture of the P1914 and later, M1917 rifle. He returned to Rock Island after the war and remained until his retirement in 1929.
Except for that early period, he never worked at Springfield. It is unfortunately, one of many errors in Joe Poyer's book on the M1903. Your rifle has the correct inspection stamp.
Last edited by Rick the Librarian; 05-03-2009 at 09:00 PM.
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If your handguard is also original it should have a "capsule-shaped" indentation
on the inside (barrel side) of the handguard. I have commonly heard this feature called a "fixture slot", presumably a means of securing the wood in position as the wood was shaped. I believe that Conrad Nelson approved handguards at RIA would have this feature and WW1 rifles would not.
I have a CN/1911 stock with a JLH/1918 overstamp and the handgurd has the "fixture slot".
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