I got sent over here to ask the experts on this forum from Rimfirecentral. I just received a 1922 from my dad today who got it from his dad who was a rare gun collector and gunstore owner. Thank god I got it when I did, he was going to add a scope to it and thread the barrel and all kinds of bad things. I am working on pics but do not have a useful camera at this location so they will have to wait til I get back to FL.
I am really trying to figure out what I have.
What I know- It has the National Match buttplate with trapdoor.
-Springfield armory on the barrel followed by their ordinance symbol followed by the dates of 03-26.
-The bolt is the Nickle Steel M2 bolt
-The stock I think is original, although it has no emblems in it at all. In fact it still has what I think is cosmoline on it.
-Entire weapon still has quite a bit of cosmo.
-Mint condition
-There is no Engraving at all stamped on the receiver. No serial number, no armory marker or name. The bolt is the only thing that has any info which leads me to believe that part was added during the later upgrade Springfield did.
-Original peep sites I see on all the pics is the same.
-Magazine has no number stamped on it and has the toothed plate at the bottom.
Based on this info and/or the lack there of, what do I have? Dare I shoot this thing? Shelve it, and find a more user friendly bolt action target rifle with easier to find and eject magazines?