*EXTRAORDINARILY RARE SPRINGFIELD ARMORY PROTOTYPE OR EXPERIMENTAL CAVALRY RIFLE.

*EXTRAORDINARILY RARE SPRINGFIELD ARMORY PROTOTYPE OR EXPERIMENTAL CAVALRY RIFLE. SN 429577. Cal. 30-06. Most unusual 1903 Springfield rifle with 24″ bbl dated – – -, full length wood stock with grasping grooves and full length late style handguard. It has a grooved middle band and milled front band with stacking swivel and bayonet lug with a small tab on inside of front with a hole to accommodate an 1892 Krag style cleaning rod. Receiver, trigger guard & floor plate are all standard milled 1910 era Springfield parts. The buttstock area has the standard low wooden comb with the lower half of buttstock milled away and replaced with a skeletonized metal attachment that has integral musket style buttplate similar in shape to a trapdoor rifle. The fact that the sling loop is missing from the lower band corresponds with the fact that there is no provision for a stock sling loop. Wood is not inspected, neither does the handguard have reinforcing clips and the sight groove appears to hand cut. Also, the elimination of the butt trap for cleaning equipment necessitated the addition of the cleaning rod under the bbl. The steel addition to the buttstock is attached with three screws, a wood screw through a tang just behind trigger guard, a machine screw through the comb of the wood portion of the stock that threads into the metal itself. Third screw is another machine screw through tang of buttplate as would be found in a normal rifle. However, this screw also extends completely through the wood and is threaded into a short metal tab at toe of wood. Stock has a sgl reinforcing bolt just below bolt handle. Accompanied by a 6-page article by Kip Feiler that appeared in the Feb. 1987 issue of the magazine Present Arms. His article includes several photographs of what may be this exact rifle although he does not identify it by serial number and the photographs are of insufficient quality to effectively identify it. PROVENANCE: Peter Wainwright Collection. CONDITION: Overall very fine with metal retaining 93-95% thinning orig blue, strong & bright in sheltered areas. Wood has a small chip by steel buttplate, otherwise is completely sound with minor nicks, dings & scratches and retains most of its orig hand worn oil finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore with slight erosion in front of chamber. 4-38212 BEK10 (7,500-12,500)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009

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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	1024	$8,050.00	EXTRAORDINARILY RARE SPRINGFIELD ARMORY PROTOTYPE OR EXPERIMENTAL CAVALRY RIFLE. SN 429577. Cal. 30-06. Most unusual 1903 Springfield rifle with 24″ bbl dated – – -, full length wood stock with grasping grooves and full length late style handguard. It has a grooved middle band and milled front band with stacking swivel and bayonet lug with a small tab on inside of front with a hole to accommodate an 1892 Krag style cleaning rod. Receiver, trigger guard & floor plate are all standard milled 1910 era Springfield parts. The buttstock area has the standard low wooden comb with the lower half of buttstock milled away and replaced with a skeletonized metal attachment that has integral musket style buttplate similar in shape to a trapdoor rifle. The fact that the sling loop is missing from the lower band corresponds with the fact that there is no provision for a stock sling loop. Wood is not inspected, neither does the handguard have reinforcing clips and the sight groove appears to hand cut. Also, the elimination of the butt trap for cleaning equipment necessitated the addition of the cleaning rod under the bbl. The steel addition to the buttstock is attached with three screws, a wood screw through a tang just behind trigger guard, a machine screw through the comb of the wood portion of the stock that threads into the metal itself. Third screw is another machine screw through tang of buttplate as would be found in a normal rifle. However, this screw also extends completely through the wood and is threaded into a short metal tab at toe of wood. Stock has a sgl reinforcing bolt just below bolt handle. Accompanied by a 6-page article by Kip Feiler that appeared in the Feb. 1987 issue of the magazine Present Arms. His article includes several photographs of what may be this exact rifle although he does not identify it by serial number and the photographs are of insufficient quality to effectively identify it. PROVENANCE: Peter Wainwright Collection. CONDITION: Overall very fine with metal retaining 93-95% thinning orig blue, strong & bright in sheltered areas. Wood has a small chip by steel buttplate, otherwise is completely sound with minor nicks, dings & scratches and retains most of its orig hand worn oil finish. Mechanics are crisp, bright shiny bore with slight erosion in front of chamber. 4-38212 BEK10 (7,500-12,500) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2009 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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