Follow up questions about Rock Island floorplates

[RBruce]

When the leftover RIA receivers were sent to Springfield, were they bare receivers? Did they have trigger guards? If not were RIA trigger guards and floorplates sent to Springfield? Would a Springfield completed RIA receiver have RIA or Springfield trigger guards and floorplates? I can guess, but I wondered if any one had good information. --TIA

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[Rick the Librarian]

To my knowledge, all Rock Island parts were sent to Springfield as "bare parts" (i.e. not connected together). I don't have a detailed list of the parts sent to SA, but I believe all remaining parts were sent.

A rifle completed at Springfield from that period (late 1920s or early '30s could have had either SA or RIA parts. All were utilized, including those taken from scrapped LN rifles.

[John Beard]

When the leftover RIA receivers were sent to Springfield, were they bare receivers? Did they have trigger guards? If not were RIA trigger guards and floorplates sent to Springfield? Would a Springfield completed RIA receiver have RIA or Springfield trigger guards and floorplates? I can guess, but I wondered if any one had good information. --TIA

(1 & 2) Receivers sent from RIA to Springfield were bare. Some were nothing more than round steel billets.

(3) Very probably, but I can't prove it.

(4) Either would be correct.

Hope this helps.

J.B.

[RBruce]

Thank you, John. The information is very helpful.