Springfield Armory, 1909

[donki1967]

Luckily their is a remain of a cartouche on the left side, but unreadable for me because I'm not an expert in cartouches...
If someone has an idea!


Attachment 94751Attachment 94752

[browningautorifle]

J.F. Coyle M1903 Rifles 1906-1907...? U.S. Inspectors Markings

[donki1967]

J.F. Coyle M1903 Rifles 1906-1907...? U.S. Inspectors Markings

Excuse me Jim, Is this the M.JF Coyle inspector mark? the barrel is 11-09 dated....

[donki1967]

And here, the barrel marking.
So finally, could this rifle be 99% original?
regards

[browningautorifle]

could this rifle be 99% original

It could be but this far downrange would be a reach. I'd expect something like this to have been assembled by someone along the way. Depends on where you found it and how much of that goes on over where you are. Others will be along to give you better opinions about originality. I just wouldn't be too hopeful yet.

[Rick the Librarian]

J.F. Coyle M1903 Rifles 1906-1907...? U.S. Inspectors Markings

Actually, if you got the information from Brophy, he is incorrect, J.F. Coyle inspected M1903s off and on through the early 1930s.

[RCS]

Not common to find, this late SA JFC cartouche from the 1930'sAttachment 94927

[browningautorifle]

if you got the information from Brophy,

No Rick, it's from a site here... U.S. Inspectors Markings Don't know whose site...

[RCS]

here are two more corrections to update the U.S. Inspectors Marking list:

RS Robert Sears also inspected Winchester M1 rifles in 1941 and most important SPG is Stanley S. P. Gibbs who inspected M1 rifles 1938 to 1940 and rebuilds 1947 to 1951

[browningautorifle]

here are two more corrections

That's not very handy then, a list that's wrong.