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LOT 327
Outstanding World War II U.S. Springfield M1 Garand Semi-Automatic Rifle - Serial no. 1558741, 30-06 cal., 24 inch round
bbl., parkerized finish, walnut stock. Manufactured in May of 1943. Blade front sight and peep rear sight with locking adjustment drums,
with a Springfield “SA” bolt, trigger housing, hammer, safety, and early pattern uncut operating rod. The barrel is dated “1 S A-4-43”. The smooth pistol grip
stock is stamped with “S.A./E.McF.” and “crossed cannon” cartouches on the left side, a circled serifed “P” on the wrist, leather sling and a checkered buttplate.
CONDITION: Excellent plus, as issued, with 98% plus original parkerized finish, showing minor wear and handling marks. The wood is also excellent, with some light scratches and dings. Mechanically excellent. One will look a very long time to find a better example!
Estimate: 5,500 - 8,500
Action Rifle - Serial no. 620815,
30-06 Springfield cal., 24 inch round bbl., blue/oil quench casehardened finish, walnut stock. Manufactured in 1916, as one of a limited
number of U.S. Model 1903 rifles authorized for sale (at cost) to private members of the National Rifle Association (N.R.A.) through the National
Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, a precursor to the Director of Civilian Marksmanship. Such rifles were only offered for from 1910 until America’s
entry into World War I in April 1917. Features fixed blade with front and folding ladder (with 2,850 yard top notch) rear sights with stamped front sight hood,
dished windage and elevation knob, serrated trigger, “H” marked bayonet lug, “I 8” marked straight handle bolt, “S A/(ordnance bomb)/1-16” marked barrel, and milled triggerguard assembly bearing the “(flaming bomb)/N.R.A.” marking used to distinguish the rifles from those belonging to the U.S. government. With an oil quenched
asehardened receiver, safety, and magazine cut-off, along with all blued milled components that include the barrel band, bolt, trigger guard, and floorplate. Fitted with an oiled American walnut “S” profile grasping grove stock with single reinforcing bolt, boxed “J.S.A.” (J. Sumnar Adams) cartouche, checkered trapdoor steel buttplate, and “22” above circled script “P” firing proof
nder the wrist, along with a “high hump” handguard with proper rear sight clearance cut.
ONDITION: Excellent, retaining 97% original oil quenched casehardened and 90% original blue finishes with minor spotting primarily on the bands and swivels, thinning with spots of brown and grey patina on the front band and trigger housing/magazine floor plate, plum coloration the barrel and rear sight base, and otherwise limited edge wear or scuffs. The stock is
also excellent with attractive original oiled grain, a few slight compression marks in the forearm, but otherwise limited handling marks and crisp marking and grasping grooves. Mechanically excellent. A standout example of a U.S. Springfield M1903 N.R.A. sales rifle that would be difficult to improve upon!
Estimate: 4,000 - 6,500
LOT 329
Scarce U.S. Inspected
Remington Arms Model 720 Bolt Action Rifle - Serial no. 41107, 30-06 Springfield
cal., 24 inch round bbl., blue finish, walnut stock. These were manufactured in the late 1930s as a streamlined version of the Model 1917 rifle
designed to compete against the Winchester Model 70 rifle. Approximately 2,500 were produced in total, and the majority of these were obtained by the U.S.
Government in 1942 as war expedient rifles. They were never issued, and instead were retained after WWII and eventually given to the Navy. In the 1960s/70s the Navy decided to start issuing them as presentation trophy awards for the top rifle shooters in the Navy and USMC. This rifle has not been marked as awarded on the floor plate. The rifle has a 24 inch sport weight barrel with a ramp front base and a buckhorn type adjustable rear sight. The barrel is marked with the two-line Remington factory address and with “SPRINGFIELD/30
CAL.1906” on the left side in front of the receiver. The right side of the receiver is marked with “REMINGTON,” and “MODEL-720/41107” is on the left side. It is fitted with its
original Remington matching factory bolt correctly stamped on the underside with serial number “41107”. It has an American walnut stock with hand cut checkered panels
on the sides of the pistol grip and forend, a set of factory sling swivels and a checkered steel buttplate. The left side of the stock is correctly stamped with a “Cross-Cannon”
Ordnance cartouche followed by an unboxed “FJA” inspector’s proof.
CONDITION: Excellent, retaining 97% plus original blue finish, some light handling marks, minor oil staining, and a couple minor spots/pits. Wood is very fine with
scattered dings and scratches, and overall crisp checkering. Mechanically excellent.
LOT 328
Excellent World War I Era U.S. Springfield Armory Model 1903 N.R.A. Sales Bolt
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318 Estimate: 3,000 - 5,000