1903 Sprinfield info please

dlb435 · March 30, 2011, 08:45 AM

I'm not sure this is the right place to post but here goes:
I just got a nice 1903 Springfield. I'm looking to decode all of the stamps and marks on the rifle. Do any of you know were I can find this info?
I already tracked down the serial number and it puts the date at 1930.

F. Guffey · March 30, 2011, 09:43 AM

http://m1903.com/

F. Guffey

F. Guffey · March 30, 2011, 09:48 AM

http://www.vishooter.net/m1903.html

F. Guffey

henryfrapp · April 7, 2011, 11:26 PM

buy Joe Poyers book the 1903 Springfield and its variations.

Mayor Al · April 27, 2011, 02:34 PM

I used the data in the reports that were 'linked' in the posts above. It was quite Enlightening! Since first hearing of the issue, I have had the feeling that the overall problem was a very small number of receivers out of the millions produced.

I have an '03, #223xxx. Tracking down the history shows it to be created in 1906. After sifting the data about the S A rifles and how the problem receivers were diagnosed, I have to say that the investigators seem to have really narrowed the point of 'Problems' to a few male employees who suffered from poor visual color interpretation when matching the red-hot colors of the steel as it was heated to the proper tempering level. In the analysis of the sub-standard guns the records show that there is a reasonable correlation between the work schedule of a few workers and the low-temper numbers of the steel. Very few of the early rifles suffered the disability... In fact NO '03's produced in 1906 were ever found to be defective.

That news is in the stats provided the govt. investigators. That, coupled with the 100 yr history of Rifle #223xxx as a successful hunter and sporterized gun used a lot up to about 1985 when I obtained it.

I am satisfied to use 'lite-load' or 'fusion ammo, keeping the chamber pressures lower than some of the hotter 30-06 loads put out by ammo producers. That Lite-Load 170 gr. soft tip bullet works quite well.

I think I have made my decision to continue using the Model 1903 I have. If the history put it into the 'bad receiver groups' I might not want to use it....but that doesn't seem to be the case.

March 30, 2011, 08:45 AM	#1
dlb435 Senior Member Join Date: January 26, 2009 Posts: 654	1903 Sprinfield info please I'm not sure this is the right place to post but here goes: I just got a nice 1903 Springfield. I'm looking to decode all of the stamps and marks on the rifle. Do any of you know were I can find this info? I already tracked down the serial number and it puts the date at 1930.

April 27, 2011, 02:34 PM	#5
Mayor Al Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2011 Location: Southern Indiana, Near Louisville. Posts: 211	The Low Number Model 1903 'Gamble' ! I used the data in the reports that were 'linked' in the posts above. It was quite Enlightening! Since first hearing of the issue, I have had the feeling that the overall problem was a very small number of receivers out of the millions produced. I have an '03, #223xxx. Tracking down the history shows it to be created in 1906. After sifting the data about the S A rifles and how the problem receivers were diagnosed, I have to say that the investigators seem to have really narrowed the point of 'Problems' to a few male employees who suffered from poor visual color interpretation when matching the red-hot colors of the steel as it was heated to the proper tempering level. In the analysis of the sub-standard guns the records show that there is a reasonable correlation between the work schedule of a few workers and the low-temper numbers of the steel. Very few of the early rifles suffered the disability... In fact NO '03's produced in 1906 were ever found to be defective. That news is in the stats provided the govt. investigators. That, coupled with the 100 yr history of Rifle #223xxx as a successful hunter and sporterized gun used a lot up to about 1985 when I obtained it. I am satisfied to use 'lite-load' or 'fusion ammo, keeping the chamber pressures lower than some of the hotter 30-06 loads put out by ammo producers. That Lite-Load 170 gr. soft tip bullet works quite well. I think I have made my decision to continue using the Model 1903 I have. If the history put it into the 'bad receiver groups' I might not want to use it....but that doesn't seem to be the case.

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henryfrapp Member Join Date: November 11, 2010 Posts: 58	buy Joe Poyers book the 1903 Springfield and its variations.