I'm pretty sure that guns been fired,and it looks great use factory ammo or load slightly reduced loads or sell it and get something you won't worry about.nice rifle.
Fired a lot is my guess/opinion.
Used and hunted hard, but put away for a loooong time. Spider webs/nests in the barrel, a lot of grime in corners and tight spots.
Checkering worn smooth.
I could put days into renovating, but it wouldn't make selling a low number 1903 any easier.
God I just hate when those killer Grey Recluse spiders get involved.
The following is my opinion, take it for what I am saying and its just my belief:
The "Norms" of safety we have today are the results of literally centuries of the evolution of humanities growth. If those "norms" existed in the early part of the 20th century the US government would have recalled everyone of the "low number" Springfield's and scrapped them.
IMO, I think the original plan should be executed to completion.
The only mitigating factor that would be if the stock work could be positively attributed and identified as from a maker of note, at that point I would agree with DanLH's comment. It would then be historical.
