*OUTSTANDING SPRINGFIELD T-SERIES HEAVY BARREL TARGET RIFLE.

*OUTSTANDING SPRINGFIELD T-SERIES HEAVY BARREL TARGET RIFLE. SN 1314147. Cal. 30-06. Rare Springfield rifle with extra-heavy tapered 28″ bbl with BAR front sight base mounted with a Winchester style globe front sight. Top of bbl & front receiver ring are drilled & tapped and contain target scope bases. Bottom of bbl is stamped with the star gauge number “1003” which is pictured on p. 120 of The Springfield 1903 Rifles, Brophy. Receiver ring has the standard Model 1903 markings and the rear bridge is mounted with a Lyman 48C receiver sight with target knobs, missing the aperture. Bolt body, extractor & handle are polished bright. Bolt shroud, safety & striker are blued. Striker & safety are standard type with knurled edge cocking piece. Mounted in its orig walnut half stock, uncheckered, without grasping grooves with pistol grip and an M1922 style checkered steel buttplate. Bottom of butt has a standard M1903 sling loop. Bbl is secured in the stock with a sgl band around forestock. Band is made from the rear band of a Model 1917 rifle. Trigger guard & floorplate are standard milled 1903 equipment. This rifle is pictured on p. 129 of the referenced publication, as the middle illustration and as identifiable by stock characteristics. Lt. Col. Brophy states that the headless cocking piece, or striker, and the standard knurled cocking piece were installed with no consistency. He states that he has “two consecutively serial numbered Style T rifles. One has a twenty-eight-inch barrel and the other has a thirty-inch-barrel. One has a headless cocking piece and reverse safety. The other has the standard type parts.” These two rifles are both being sold in this auction and, of course, this is the 28″ one mentioned. Accompanied by a Springfield Research Service letter which identifies this rifle in caliber 30, Model 1903, Style-T heavy bbl. It was sold to E.K. Dart, Santa Maria, CA on April 4, 1930. The Style T was introduced in 1929 at a price of $85 until 1932 when it was no longer available as a rifle. It was produced with 26″, 28″ and 30″ bbls, with the 30″ model being the most common and the 26″ the least common. It is unclear what the exact production figures were, but what is certain is that very few of these rare rifles remain today in orig, unaltered condition such as is this one. PROVENANCE: William S. Brophy Collection; Peter Cardone; Bob Rosenthal Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Bbl & receiver retain virtually all of their strong orig arsenal rust blue with only light sharp edge wear. Bolt body, extractor & handle retain about all of their orig bright metal finish. Bolt shroud, safety & striker retain most of their orig arsenal blue. Trigger guard & floorplate retain about all of their orig arsenal blue, slightly dulled on trigger bow and with a few spots on floorplate. Stock is sound with a dark stain on right side of butt and has a very few, very scattered light handling & use marks and retains most of its orig oil finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-42368-1 JR109 (12,500-17,500)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2011

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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	1055	$12,075.00	OUTSTANDING SPRINGFIELD T-SERIES HEAVY BARREL TARGET RIFLE. SN 1314147. Cal. 30-06. Rare Springfield rifle with extra-heavy tapered 28″ bbl with BAR front sight base mounted with a Winchester style globe front sight. Top of bbl & front receiver ring are drilled & tapped and contain target scope bases. Bottom of bbl is stamped with the star gauge number “1003” which is pictured on p. 120 of The Springfield 1903 Rifles, Brophy. Receiver ring has the standard Model 1903 markings and the rear bridge is mounted with a Lyman 48C receiver sight with target knobs, missing the aperture. Bolt body, extractor & handle are polished bright. Bolt shroud, safety & striker are blued. Striker & safety are standard type with knurled edge cocking piece. Mounted in its orig walnut half stock, uncheckered, without grasping grooves with pistol grip and an M1922 style checkered steel buttplate. Bottom of butt has a standard M1903 sling loop. Bbl is secured in the stock with a sgl band around forestock. Band is made from the rear band of a Model 1917 rifle. Trigger guard & floorplate are standard milled 1903 equipment. This rifle is pictured on p. 129 of the referenced publication, as the middle illustration and as identifiable by stock characteristics. Lt. Col. Brophy states that the headless cocking piece, or striker, and the standard knurled cocking piece were installed with no consistency. He states that he has “two consecutively serial numbered Style T rifles. One has a twenty-eight-inch barrel and the other has a thirty-inch-barrel. One has a headless cocking piece and reverse safety. The other has the standard type parts.” These two rifles are both being sold in this auction and, of course, this is the 28″ one mentioned. Accompanied by a Springfield Research Service letter which identifies this rifle in caliber 30, Model 1903, Style-T heavy bbl. It was sold to E.K. Dart, Santa Maria, CA on April 4, 1930. The Style T was introduced in 1929 at a price of $85 until 1932 when it was no longer available as a rifle. It was produced with 26″, 28″ and 30″ bbls, with the 30″ model being the most common and the 26″ the least common. It is unclear what the exact production figures were, but what is certain is that very few of these rare rifles remain today in orig, unaltered condition such as is this one. PROVENANCE: William S. Brophy Collection; Peter Cardone; Bob Rosenthal Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine plus. Bbl & receiver retain virtually all of their strong orig arsenal rust blue with only light sharp edge wear. Bolt body, extractor & handle retain about all of their orig bright metal finish. Bolt shroud, safety & striker retain most of their orig arsenal blue. Trigger guard & floorplate retain about all of their orig arsenal blue, slightly dulled on trigger bow and with a few spots on floorplate. Stock is sound with a dark stain on right side of butt and has a very few, very scattered light handling & use marks and retains most of its orig oil finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-42368-1 JR109 (12,500-17,500) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2011 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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