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according to CMP an unsafe rifle is one made before February 1918. My rifle was made in 1918 but i have no idea what month. If i found out that it was made after February, could it be "safe to shoot"? if so how can i tell what month? ive been looking for some kind of list of months and years but cant find any.
"M1903 rifles made before February 1918 utilized receivers and bolts which were single heat-treated by a method that rendered some of them brittle and liable to fracture when fired, exposing the shooter to a risk of serious injury. It proved impossible to determine, without destructive testing, which receivers and bolts were so affected and therefore potentially dangerous."
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I couldn't tell you, the first number of 1918 was 761,758 so it would be very close however everything I've read suggests that DHT receivers did not begin until 800,000.