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1903 Sporter in (apparently) a 1922 stock. Have more pix which I will post tonight, but I am in a quandry. Whilst I appreciate the classics, I got this rifle intending to put military wood back on it; a Golden Age match rifle, as the Lyman 48 was de rigeur for the Golden Age NRA competitor.   Floor's open.
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Dave,
I think I would leave it like it is.
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Dave: I would inflate and patch the recoil pad.
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The pictured rifle is in an M2 Rifle Stock. Apparently they were available and an inexpensive way to sporterize a 1903. The NRA stock was heavier, lacked grasping grooves and had a thick buttplate.
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I am of a mind to just put a proper buttplate on the piece and keep it as is. I am in FL and the rifle is back home in TN, but will see if the stock is such the M2 buttplate can be returned, or were there M2s that didn't use the normal M2 buttplate? Also, will the M2 stock hold up under .30-06 recoil, and does anybody make an 1 1/4" Whelen sling? To my mind that is the perfected sporting rifle sling.
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Nice looking old Springfield. I'd clean it up, replace the pad (or switch to steel), and call it good.
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You may have an original sporter, the stock of which had to be replaced for some reason. If so, returning it to military configuration, which would involve installing a rear sight on the barrel, should not be an option.
The rifle appears to have a sporter barrel, which is larger than the issue Springfield at the breech and lacks the cut for the rear sight spline. It has the same profile as the M1922 barrel.
I may have a special sporter buttplate which could be used to replace the rubber pad. I will check it out and PM you.
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The barrel is dated 4-36 so unless the heavy sporter barrels were dated this is a service barrel. I DID notice, though, that the barrel doesn't have the 'collar' for the rear sight base, though.
The stock is marked M2 on the base of the pistol grip, too.
It's a 1.4 million reciever and I don't think there were any NRA Sporters that high, or were there?
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The NRA Sporter barrels were dated. Most will have a star guage mark on the muzzle. Some of the 1938 dated NRA Sporter barrels will not have the star on the muzzle but will have the star guage number on the bottome of the barrel, beneath the fore end. The M2 stocks all have the same heavy checkered buttplate bit lack the trap door found on the 1903 National Match Buttplates. NRA Sporters with 1.4 million+ serial numbers exist as I have one in my collection. I believe the last NRA Sporters were built by SA in 1934. I am sure information concerning that is available in some of my reference material but not worth looking up for this discussion. NRA Sporter barrels and other parts were available at least until 1938. The M2 stock will probably crack from the recoil of the .30 cal cartridge. The crossbolts in the 1903 stocks were put there for a purpose. If you will post, or email me, the complete serial number of the subject rifle I will see if it is on the SRS list as a Sporter. All NRA Sporters are not on the SRS list but a high percentage of them are. Congratulations on finding an interesting rifle.
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