It has the standard all blued trigger guard and floor plate that is fitted with, blued SA manufactured barrel bands and a smooth steel buttplate. The stock is stamped with a late boxed cartouche "RIA/EB" that is usually associated with rebuilt rifles, with a circled script "P" proof on the underside of the grip. It has a late pattern walnut handguard with the wide sighting groove on top with circular windage knob cutout on the rear. It has a correct late production/WWI era, straight grip "S" pattern walnut stock, with two stock bolts and finger grooves on the sides. military long arms, the importance of the wood being original, unsanded, and with crisp, clear cartouches cannot be overstated.
It is fitted with an all blued, straight handled bolt manufactured by SA with the small single gas hole that is marked on the underside of the safety lug with "J 5". by Springfield Armory and Rock Island Arsenal, 24 in. It has the standard five line RIA receiver markings over serial number "298649" and the barrel is marked "RIA/Ordnance Shell and flame/7-18" The underside of the barrel is stamped with heat lot "C109". This rifle was manufactured right towards the end of the normal RIA production of 1903 rifles and has a mix of Springfield Armory and Rock Island Arsenal parts. This is a late production/assembled Model 1903 bolt action rifle manufactured by Rock Island Arsenal.
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