MountainMan83
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Seeking a little advice. I recently made a post about my low number Springfield 1903 sporter with Serial #589,XXX. It was customized sometime around the 60’s and ended up in my hands a few months back. I claimed I wasn’t worried about the low number as I was sure that the receiver was hardness tested by the old timer who customized the rifle, as it looked like he did a locking lug on the bolt body. Many guys started posting concerning things that made me look for evidence of any hardness test on the receiver. I looked to no avail...nothing more than a pin prick the size of the point on a needle, it’s probably just a pit in the steel. The rifle has all of the reasons to appear safe like having been fired countless amounts of times and is still in one piece, it was rebarreled by a gunsmith and held up, and was built by someone knowledgeable. I was considering getting it checked out by a gunsmith maybe. Would they be able to hardness test it and tell me if it is good to go or not?
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