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oldguns.net also dates it to 1917.
you have a single heat treatment rifle which according to common knowledge is considered unsafe to fire(safe to fire serial numbers start at 800,000 for springfields). however based on the fact that it has been heavily sporterised I am going to say that it has already been test fired a great deal and you shouldn't have anything to worry about. it has been rebarreled with a later style 1903A3 barrel. the barrel should have flaming bomb ordnance mark, 2 letters indicating manufacturer and month and year of manufacture, for instance a remington made barrel from april of 1943 would read:
RA
(flaming bomb)
4-43
it has an aftermarket rear sight that allows for windage and elevation adjustments while factory sights were not adjustable once they left springfield. overall I would say that it is a very nice sporterized springfield worth around $350-400.
good find. it should be a great shooter.
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