*OUTSTANDING SPRINGFIELD T-SERIES HEAVY BARREL TARGET RIFLE.

*OUTSTANDING SPRINGFIELD T-SERIES HEAVY BARREL TARGET RIFLE. SN 1314146. Cal. 30-06. Rare Springfield rifle with extra-heavy tapered 30″ 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. There are two extra plugged scope base holes on the bbl behind the front block. Bottom of bbl is stamped with the star gauge number “1187”. Receiver ring has the standard Model 1903 markings and the rear bridge is mounted with a Lyman 48S receiver sight with target knobs. Bolt body, extractor & handle are polished bright. Bolt shroud, safety & striker are blued. Striker is headless type and the safety is reversed. 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 Springfield 1903 Rifles, Brophy, as the bottom 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.” Accompanied by a Springfield Research Service letter which identifies this rifle in caliber 30, Model 1903, Style-T 30″ heavy bbl. It was sold to Hugo B. Dirks, Evanston, Illinois on July 8, 1932. 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: Brophy Collection; Bob Rosenthal Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl & receiver retain 97-98% strong, orig arsenal rust blue with a few scattered minor scratches and wear points. Bolt body retains most of its bright metal finish. Trigger guard & floorplate retain most of their bright orig arsenal blue with some wear and a few spots of pitting on the floorplate. Stock is sound with a few scattered nicks and handling marks with some minor chips on edge of grip and overall retains most of its orig oil finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-45044 (8,000-12,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012

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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	1054	$0.00	OUTSTANDING SPRINGFIELD T-SERIES HEAVY BARREL TARGET RIFLE. SN 1314146. Cal. 30-06. Rare Springfield rifle with extra-heavy tapered 30″ 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. There are two extra plugged scope base holes on the bbl behind the front block. Bottom of bbl is stamped with the star gauge number “1187”. Receiver ring has the standard Model 1903 markings and the rear bridge is mounted with a Lyman 48S receiver sight with target knobs. Bolt body, extractor & handle are polished bright. Bolt shroud, safety & striker are blued. Striker is headless type and the safety is reversed. 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 Springfield 1903 Rifles, Brophy, as the bottom 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.” Accompanied by a Springfield Research Service letter which identifies this rifle in caliber 30, Model 1903, Style-T 30″ heavy bbl. It was sold to Hugo B. Dirks, Evanston, Illinois on July 8, 1932. 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: Brophy Collection; Bob Rosenthal Collection. CONDITION: Extremely fine. Bbl & receiver retain 97-98% strong, orig arsenal rust blue with a few scattered minor scratches and wear points. Bolt body retains most of its bright metal finish. Trigger guard & floorplate retain most of their bright orig arsenal blue with some wear and a few spots of pitting on the floorplate. Stock is sound with a few scattered nicks and handling marks with some minor chips on edge of grip and overall retains most of its orig oil finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore. 4-45044 (8,000-12,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2012 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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