Silly me- but I thought the "as issued" barrel length for the 1903 Springfield was 24"- No big deal, just those old sniper eyeballs at work- so it has been shortened and then recrowned? Did you do that bit of work Mr. Hughes, or was the barrel already shortened when you stocked this beauty- Darn fine looking rifle--makes me think of the late Ernest Hemingway and his novel "The Green Hills of Africa"-- A steal at $875- but that's about what I paid for a NM 1903 Sniper rifle with the leather laced-up cheekpiece and Unertl scope- Star gauged barrel.
For those possibly interested readers, perhaps Mr. Hughes would be kind enough to detail what the term "Star gauged" means as far as rifled bores-
