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very nice rifle Fred... I hope to be able to add a Rock River to my collection soon.
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Is the make/date of the 1907 sling you have on it visible?
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Yes, it's 1918.
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I'm not looking to "restore" the rifle by adding RIA parts on a piecemeal basis...I'd just like some way of determining whether or not the parts on the rifle are RIA. I've read that many 1918 parts will bear an ordnance bomb stamp...which ones do, and which ones do not?
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John Beard said that only Rock Island parts made after mid 1918 had the bomb stamped into them. There are other stamps put on by inspectors who used their initials that can be used to determine if the part was Springfield or Rock Island made.
Last edited by Fred; 12-07-2013 at 08:00.
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I believe late 1918.
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Rick, I'm wondering if the reason Rock Island started doing that was because they might've started sending parts to Springfield then in some quantity to be completed into rifles and somebody thought it would be a good idea to be able to identify where a particular part originated from that there was trouble with down the road. Just taking a guess at it all.
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Very beautiful rifle!!!!!!!
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