This one appears to be a 1918 unit and maybe did make it to France for WW1 and, since it was re-barreled fairly early in WW2, it likely was used in WW2 in some capacity, somewhere in the Pacific or North Africa or guarding the coasts of the U.S., maybe? Like I said: "If this rifle could only talk. However, that early in the war, I'm sure the military was happy to get anything that would send rounds downrange. I know it has a new old stock barrel SA dated 2-55, and a new Boyd Walnut Stock. My Receiver Drawing Number is: D28291 32 & above that is stamped: 0 6 2 C triangle FF My Receiver Serial Number is: 2506247. 4/42) Springfield Armory would have known there may be a problem with some of their recievers and it wouldn't seem to make sense to re-barrel a rifle with a potentially dangerous reciever. In addition, given the serial number you provided, the National Park Service records of the Springfield Armory site narrow the production timing of your rifle to between January and June of 1875, based on the order of production available by serial number. I saw the post here and figured I'd try to find out about my old springfield. It did occur to me that by the time this was re-barreled ( barrel stamped S.A. This was the first M1 off the Springfield Armory production line to pass the function firing test on 21 July. But, this one is 920xxx, so that makes me feel better. I did recall something about the receivers, but thought it was the really low number ones, didn't recall it going all way up to #800,000. Info, links, book recommendations, personal experiences. You guys here on these forums are really great.
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