Hello to the forum. Checking on if anyone has ever seen a 03 Springfield stock without/lacking any cartouche's. A 03 was being offered on Gunbroker that had a CMPicon certificate, had been in the hands of the Greeks for a while, was in pretty good condition. The seller advised no cartouche's were visible, the stock doesn't appear to have been sanded as visible 'dings' are present on the stock and other evidence showing lack of any heavy sanding. The receiver serial number shows a 1923 year and was Springfield rebarreled in 1930. Condition and bore very good. Just wondering about that lack of cartouche-could the gun have been restocked in the field without going through a weapons armory, thus lacking any official armorer stamp? Curious, can't find any reference to this in any of the books I have on 03's.
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