Originally Posted by David Zincavage
............I also had reservations about the ....... low number-edness of the Springfield. ...........

As well you should, all of the low numbered 1903 rifles (which by any definition were the results of bad engineering) should have been de-militarized and destroyed by the Army and Springfield when their mistakes were uncovered.
To paraphrase Townsend Whelen, "only accurate (safe) rifles are interesting". IMO