#Ria 1903 serial numbers serial numbers#
#Ria 1903 serial numbers serial number#

It has the standard all blued trigger guard and floor plate that is fitted with, blued SA manufactured barrel bands and a smooth steel buttplate. The stock is stamped with a late boxed cartouche 'RIA/EB' that is usually associated with rebuilt rifles, with a circled script 'P' proof on the underside of the grip.

#Ria 1903 serial numbers serial number#

SPRINGFIELD ARMORY US MODEL 1903 RIFLE SERIAL NUMBER RANGES.

It has a late pattern walnut handguard with the wide sighting groove on top with circular windage knob cutout on the rear. The serial number on these house guns always have a suffix of L or K

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1903, 95666 a mess but there, 12127x action only. The M1903 Springfield, officially the United States Rifle, Caliber.

#Ria 1903 serial numbers serial numbers#

I have tried to raise the Serial Numbers on mine with acid but so far no such luck. The rifle has the pre-WWI features which include low wood 'S' grasping groove stock with single reinforcing bolt. All of the nice Model 1903s that I have tried in my case and that do not fit, have the Savage Logo stamped into the butt plate. Model 1903 Bolt Action rifle was manufactured by the Rock Island Arsenal in 1905 and subsequently upgraded to 30-06 in 1908. It has a correct late production/WWI era, straight grip 'S' pattern walnut stock, with two stock bolts and finger grooves on the sides. I am interested in knowing if your Model 1903 has or does not have the Savage Logo on the butt plate. It is fitted with an all blued, straight handled bolt manufactured by SA with the small single gas hole that is marked on the underside of the safety lug with 'J 5'. 45 ACP website Brown, James Lindsey When Cool Gets Cooler The Rock Island Armory M1911A1 The Sight.

45 ACP website McCliman, Tom Rock Island Armory Milspec.

It has the standard five line RIA receiver markings over serial number '298649' and the barrel is marked 'RIA/Ordnance Shell and flame/7-18' The underside of the barrel is stamped with heat lot 'C109'. Rock Island 1903 Serial Number Lookup References edit Serial Number Lookup For Equipment. This rifle was manufactured right towards the end of the normal RIA production of 1903 rifles and has a mix of Springfield Armory and Rock Island Arsenal parts. This is a late production/assembled Model 1903 bolt action rifle manufactured by Rock Island Arsenal.