CrazyHands13
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Hello! I've been following this forum for a long time so I decided to sign up a while ago.
For my first post, I'm calling on the Springfield 1903 gurus out there. Hope this is the right section for this question. I've happened across this rifle:
https://joesalter.ca/products/exceptional-springfield-1902-rifle
It seems to be a bit of an anomaly to me. I can't find another 1903 like it to compare to in its condition other than NM rifles and pre-war ones. Its serial range matches the date of its barrel, 1922, and the stock is entirely unmarked other than a small "s" in the mag cut out area on the left side of the stock. Without a proof P cartouche, the stock is likely a replacement, but appears, to me, to be an original stock from that era. The condition of the barreled action and other parts looks new. With the receiver matching the barrel and the barrel being the condition it is, does that make it not a rebuild? Would anyone have any idea of the story behind this immaculate rifle? (Rebuild? Possibly even a well done civilian refurb?)
Also, the pricing is in Canadian, so it'll be much more than what a 1903 could be had for in the states. Not just factoring in currency conversion but they're also scarcer in Canada.
Thanks in advance!
For my first post, I'm calling on the Springfield 1903 gurus out there. Hope this is the right section for this question. I've happened across this rifle:
https://joesalter.ca/products/exceptional-springfield-1902-rifle
It seems to be a bit of an anomaly to me. I can't find another 1903 like it to compare to in its condition other than NM rifles and pre-war ones. Its serial range matches the date of its barrel, 1922, and the stock is entirely unmarked other than a small "s" in the mag cut out area on the left side of the stock. Without a proof P cartouche, the stock is likely a replacement, but appears, to me, to be an original stock from that era. The condition of the barreled action and other parts looks new. With the receiver matching the barrel and the barrel being the condition it is, does that make it not a rebuild? Would anyone have any idea of the story behind this immaculate rifle? (Rebuild? Possibly even a well done civilian refurb?)
Also, the pricing is in Canadian, so it'll be much more than what a 1903 could be had for in the states. Not just factoring in currency conversion but they're also scarcer in Canada.
Thanks in advance!