I recently acquired this Springfield, Ser # 910xxx and 7-18 on the barrel with the original front sight. There are no makers marks anywhere on the rifle. The inletting is tight around the barrel and action and too tight at the tang, which has resulted in several chips at the wrist. The maple fore end is a nice touch. Not shown very well in my photos, the rear sight barrel spline has been neatly filled in and polished over. The front of the action is slightly rounded/contoured. The tang has not been shaped.
The inletting, not shown in these photos, may have been done by machine and touched up by hand. There are chisel marks but the majority of the inletting appears to be machine cut to my eye, which makes me wonder if this might have started as a Stoeger stock? I have never seen one so I don't know. FWIW, the maple fore end piece looks to have been inletted at the same time as the barrel channel in the stock.
I am interested in any and all thoughts on this rifle! It fits wonderfully. If another photo something would help, let me know.
-Tom
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