WWll 1942 US .30 M1903 Remington/Springfield Rifle.

[fleurons-de=lys]

Bought a Remington with the barrel dated 6/42. Mint. I can smell the cosmoline in the breech. doesn't look like it was fired. It came with what I believe is a vintage Rock Island/Springfield hybrid S stock. Also mint. The scripted mark I believe is ELV. a 1913-1917 Rock Island inspector. The blocked A.A.J is a SA inspector 1930. Has anyone seen something like this?

[John Beard]

The stock is not a Rock Island stock and the inspection stamp, I am confident, is not ELV. The stock is an SA stock from the pre-1907 period. The boxed "A.A.J." is an overhaul inspection stamp from Augusta Arsenal post-WWI.

Thanks for sharing!

J.B.

[fleurons-de=lys]

Thank you for the reply. The other possibility I came up with for the scripted mark is CV for C. Valentine 1898-1905. As far as the blocked A.A.J.....I thought that was an Augusta Arsenal overhaul also. But it is a SA M1903 Inspector, unknown, circa 1930. U.S. Inspectors Markings.

[RCS]

Here are some photos of an early Springfield stock without stock bolts and inletted for the open bottom rear sight base. Note the C.C.V. cartouche

[Promo]

Maybe you would mind showing more of the rifle? Would be interesting to see whether it is a high wood or low wood stock, if it has one or two cross bolts, if it has finger grooves, if the tip of the stock has a stamp and if yes which, which kind of P stamp it has behind the trigger guard, etc. Thanks!

[fleurons-de=lys]

More photos, I did not disassemble rife. [/IMG]

[Promo]

Is there any picture showing the left side of the receiver area to be able to tell whether it is a high or low wood stock? At least it seems to have been updated with two cross bolts, though still carrying the original early period acceptance stamps.

[fleurons-de=lys]

Promo, no need to see the left side. It is a low wood; right side is the same. regards.