SRS Check on US M1898 Please Jim

[oldfoneguy]

Well I'm back for more. The local gun show this weekend served me very well. There I found a beautiful condition very late M1898 cartouched in 1903. Could you please give this a check for me Jim? Thanks in advance.

M1898 S# 461576 standard infantry rifle

It's In outstanding condition however very dry. It looks like it has been in a rack for decades untouched. Case hardening is still visible on the receiver and loading gate, bluing is beautiful. Wood is dry and starting to pucker at some of the grain. Tiny random spots of rust where moisture touched unoiled steel nothing terrible. Butt plate, trigger guard and middle band are worst off. Bore looks very good but still needs that good scrub to show itself. Nothing in the butt trap, no bayonet or sling.

I wouldn't be surprised if nothing is found this rifle doesn't look like it's seen much service.
Irony has struck me again. I buy a trapdoor made in 1892 the year the Krag was adopted and now I have a Krag made in 1903 the year the 03 Springfield is adopted.

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