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That will be interesting.
A first run 1903 would have been in .30-03 caliber with rod bayonet and Krag type sight.
President Teddy Roosevelt thought the rod bayonet was flimsy and required it be changed to a conventional knife bayonet in 1905. Sights were updated, too.
Then in 1906 we adopted the spitzer bullet we saw the French and Germans using. This called for a new .30-06 chamber and new sight graduations.
So lucky number 777 might be one of the few unaltered rod bayonet rifles.
It might have been brought up to 1905 standard. Not many of these failed to get the 1906 upgrade and they are very scarce.
It might have been brought up to 1906 standard with or without the 1905 work.
That is the likeliest configuration, work done 1907-1910.
An unaltered 1903 or a 1905 version would be an extreme rarity, worth a lot of money. I don't know how much of a premium the low number would bring if it were a 1906 update.
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