1911 made 1903 NRA Sales rifle questions

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Our store recently took in a customized 1903, serial number 480557. NRA marked trigger guard. Lyman 48 first variation sight with long slide. J1 bolt. Replacement star gauged barrel, marked SA 4-22, marked "6041" in small numbers on the underside ahead of the rear sight. Unertl bases on barrel and receiver ring. Still retains the original rear sight. Marbles bead blade applied to front sight base.

Has a very nicely made custom stock. Reminiscent of a Griffin and Howe style stock of the 20's or 30's. Problem is the wood was allowed to badly dry out at some point and is badly checked plus a piece of the schnabel tip is busted off. Inletting appears to be done all by hand and must have been a beautiful stock when new. Wrap around point pattern checkering in decent shape. The stock has many issues but still begs to be reinforced and fully restored.

I took pics but left the camera at work. I will post the pics tomorrow.

Would SA have replaced the barrel in the 20's or was it most likely supplied by a gunsmith? How loose was the supply of star gauged barrels back then??
Was this likely originally a NRA sales rifle?

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