To qualify as such, in addition to the stock, a rifle would have to be of 1929 or later Springfield Armory production (in the corresponding serial number range) with an appropriately dated barrel. Production of service rifles during the 1920s and 1930s was limited, and relatively few pure M1903A1 rifles were manufactured.
Upon adoption of the Type C stock, the designation of the service rifle became Model of 1903A1. The Type C stock was initially utilized on National Match rifles beginning in 1929 and was so favorably received that the stock was approved for use with service rifles when the supply of available Type S stocks became exhausted. The configuration and dimensions of the Type C Stock were also improvements over the Type S stock for most shooters. This stock differed from the Type S stock used on the M1903 service rifles up to this time primarily in the fact that the stock had a pistol grip and the grasping grooves were eliminated. In 1929, the Type C stock was adopted for use with the M1903 rifle. What exactly is an M1903A1 Springfield? How do I tell?Ī. Sharing my plans with the seller, he warned me that I should first make sure I don’t have an M1903A1. I recently bought a Type S stock to backdate my C-stocked ’03 for a World War I living history impression.
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