1903 Springfield

[kenham]

It will remain as is.
thanks to you all.
ken

 

[RC20]

Curious if the stock has two cross bolts in it?

Looks a lot like mine but several steps up quality wise. One to treasure for sure.

 

[Chris_B]

kenham, this might help

Doing that would result in this; the image is from your album, not mine:

 

[madcratebuilder]

Curious if the stock has two cross bolts in it?

If you enlarge the photo of the stock you can see it had two lugs and they appear to have been plugged with a wood dowel.

 

[RC20]

I could not make out what was going on. Interesting

 

[kenham]

Thanks again for the "post" pointers. The stock does have two spots where there looks to be some kind of filler filling the holes.

 

[PetahW]

I would leave it "as-is", but remove the forward section of the firing pin for safety, before placing it in a position of honor in your home.

While eminently shootable with properly handloaded ammo, I would always be leery that someday in the absense of more knowledgeable folks, some innocent may fire full-power ammo in it, and harm themselves or some bystander needlessly.

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[Slamfire]

I like the looks of the rifle, I would not change it. Looks a lot like a Springfield Sporter with the Lyman 48S.

 

[TX Hunter]

Its a beautifull sporter, In this case I would leave it as is, anyway It is a link to your Father in Law. I am lucky and have been blessed with a wonderfull Father in Law, that I love very much.