*SPRINGFIELD MODEL 1903 NATIONAL MATCH IN-HOUSE PRESSURE AND ACCURACY TEST RIFLE WITH EXPERIMENTAL MONTE CARLO STOCK.

*SPRINGFIELD MODEL 1903 NATIONAL MATCH IN-HOUSE PRESSURE AND ACCURACY TEST RIFLE WITH EXPERIMENTAL MONTE CARLO STOCK. SN 1282534. Cal. 30-06. Fine National Match 1903 with standard 24″ bbl marked “SA / 9-27” below front sight with a flaming bomb in middle. Top of bbl, under handguard, is stamped with the star gauge number “F374” just in front of rear sight and it has the star gauge star on muzzle crown. Front sight is a standard 1903 blade with a Buffington rear sight. Receiver has standard markings with polished bolt body and rails with the complete SN in electric pencil on bolt body. Trigger guard & floorplate are standard issue machined steel. Mounted in a most unusual, uncheckered American walnut full length stock with grasping grooves and pistol grip with an experimental Monte Carlo comb. It has checkered buttplate with trap. Stock is secured by the standard split front band/bayonet lug with stacking swivel and a grooved lower band with sling loop and a corresponding sling loop in buttstock. This rifle is featured on p. 63 of the book The Springfield 1903 Rifles, Brophy, with this exact stock, identifiable by a gouge on right side of comb. This rifle is also pictured in the reference publication in a totally different configuration captioned “Mann accuracy barrel fitted to Model 1903 National Match receiver serial number 1282534”. On the same page is a picture of Maj. Whelen (Maj. Townsend Whelen, inveterate cartridge inventor and gun guru of the 1920’s thru 1950’s) sitting on a bench with six or seven of the Mann accuracy test rifles “during testing of ammunition for use in international and national championships”. There are two other pictures on the same page of Mr. Al Woodworth, also a famous cartridge & firearms experimenter and Capt. E.C. Crossman firing one of the Mann accuracy & velocity test rifles. This well-documented rifle, which has undergone at least two changes at Springfield Armory before being sold through a marksmanship program, remains today a fine example of a National Match rifle in addition to having the extraordinarily rare experimental stock. PROVENANCE: Bob Rosenthal Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Metal overall retains virtually all of its orig armory finish with only light sharp edge wear. Wood is sound with a couple of minor chips in grip edge of the stock and a light gouge on right side of comb with other light handling & storage marks and overall retains virtually all of its orig armory oil finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-39214 JR10 (6,500-10,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	1043	$6,900.00	SPRINGFIELD MODEL 1903 NATIONAL MATCH IN-HOUSE PRESSURE AND ACCURACY TEST RIFLE WITH EXPERIMENTAL MONTE CARLO STOCK. SN 1282534. Cal. 30-06. Fine National Match 1903 with standard 24″ bbl marked “SA / 9-27” below front sight with a flaming bomb in middle. Top of bbl, under handguard, is stamped with the star gauge number “F374” just in front of rear sight and it has the star gauge star on muzzle crown. Front sight is a standard 1903 blade with a Buffington rear sight. Receiver has standard markings with polished bolt body and rails with the complete SN in electric pencil on bolt body. Trigger guard & floorplate are standard issue machined steel. Mounted in a most unusual, uncheckered American walnut full length stock with grasping grooves and pistol grip with an experimental Monte Carlo comb. It has checkered buttplate with trap. Stock is secured by the standard split front band/bayonet lug with stacking swivel and a grooved lower band with sling loop and a corresponding sling loop in buttstock. This rifle is featured on p. 63 of the book The Springfield 1903 Rifles, Brophy, with this exact stock, identifiable by a gouge on right side of comb. This rifle is also pictured in the reference publication in a totally different configuration captioned “Mann accuracy barrel fitted to Model 1903 National Match receiver serial number 1282534”. On the same page is a picture of Maj. Whelen (Maj. Townsend Whelen, inveterate cartridge inventor and gun guru of the 1920’s thru 1950’s) sitting on a bench with six or seven of the Mann accuracy test rifles “during testing of ammunition for use in international and national championships”. There are two other pictures on the same page of Mr. Al Woodworth, also a famous cartridge & firearms experimenter and Capt. E.C. Crossman firing one of the Mann accuracy & velocity test rifles. This well-documented rifle, which has undergone at least two changes at Springfield Armory before being sold through a marksmanship program, remains today a fine example of a National Match rifle in addition to having the extraordinarily rare experimental stock. PROVENANCE: Bob Rosenthal Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Metal overall retains virtually all of its orig armory finish with only light sharp edge wear. Wood is sound with a couple of minor chips in grip edge of the stock and a light gouge on right side of comb with other light handling & storage marks and overall retains virtually all of its orig armory oil finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore. 4-39214 JR10 (6,500-10,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2010 Please Note:* All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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