SRS check on Springfield 03 with USMC traits

[RCS]

Steve, I am going to talk to the man that has the SA 1.27 from Klein's warehouse, he has never fired it. If he is interested will let you know. Robert

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[champ0608]

While Steve is the undisputed expert of Marine 1903s, I'd like to add one observation.

The 1.51 serial range did have a block of official National Match rifles (mostly 1.516s and quite a few 1.519s) but most of the 1.51s were standard rifles built with "national match components." Many 1.51s you find will have star gauged barrels, or C stocks, or heavy checkered buttplates. Springfield was trying to clean house...these rifles were built in 1937 and 1938 and the Garand had just been adopted.

Since any "regular" 1.51 could have so many National Match traits, even if they weren't officially National Match rifles, they've become very easy to turn into replica USMC Unertl Sniper Rifles.

The auction houses rarely know what they're looking at (as Steve will attest to.) Slap on a C stock and a Unertl scope and you can find an auction house to sell it for 10k.

I've been studying and collecting National Match rifles for over two decades. The 1.51s are usually misrepresented. Same with the 1.44s.

Jamie Hurley