Glad you are alright Brent. I had a low number Springfield in my collection. Almost 100% condition: case color, blued barrel, proper WWI stock, sling and cleaning kit. I never fired it! Various sources attributed receiver failure to improper case hardening/heat treatment during the build up for the war effort. New employee's got them too hot and burned the actions causing them to be too hard. All were supposed to be recalled but many never were. Supposedly, Rock Island manufactured rifles did not have this problem but I did not own one and would not have trusted it anyway. From the early reports, everything would be fine until a catastrophic failure. I believe this is discussed in Brophy's fine book on the 1903 rifles. Again , glad you suffered no serious damage.
