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Figured I'd do a FYI post that might help someone else who has a Springfield 1903 and is curious about it's history or enjoys Springfield 1903 history. I'm currently researching an old Springfield 1903 Mark I that I believe was my great uncle's. He was a Wagoneer in WWI so I don't think he carried a weapon. Plus what I found so far suggests it was manufactured too late to see use in WWI. He must have acquired it post-WWI. Alot of good info at these links. Have fun if ya got one.....
Alot of pics and explanations at these links.
http://forums.thecmp.org/showthread.php?t=212348
http://www.vishooter.net/m1903.html
Safety info for low numbered Springfields 1903's.
http://thecmp.org/cmp_sales/rifle_sales/m1903-m1903a3/
http://m1903.com/03rcvrfail/
Wow....fancy collection! If that is a SA strap, can you make out the date? Mine shows 19?? but I can't make out the last two digits. My Springfield Mark 1 is a 1918 with a 5-18 barrel date. It has been to re-work. There is an faint ink stamp on the stock that shows 1909. The trigger is also not a Mark 1 but everything else is.
I read a couple of other fellas who got Springfield's from CMP. One was a Mark 1 but didn't have the small ejection port on the left side. The guy (John Beard) who is the resident expert said it was one of a few SA's that was missed by the production staff....it was stamped but never ported. Another guy got one of those USMC sniper/competition SA's that had been passed around before it went to CMP. Alot of history with those SA rifles.
Wow - very cool! The WW1 and WWII rifles are beautiful.
What is the deal with the one in the above pic? Is that a factory scope?
