03 Stock Hardware Question

[robh5]

Would the bayonet lug on a 950,000 range M1903 be marked with a H, or would that be post war?
Thanks.

[Rick the Librarian]

Yes, it would be so-marked. The "H" stamp was used well before WWI.

[Fred]

Rock Island front bands didn't use the H stamp by the way. Just Springfield.

[Rick the Librarian]

Thanks for the clarification - the rifle was in the 900,000 range, so I didn't think that was a factor.

[Fred]

Rick, I knew that you knew it was a Sprinfield receiver, but my comment was for the poster. I just wanted him to know that any front barrel band without the H stamped on the bayonet lug was made at Rock Island Arsenal.

[Rick the Librarian]

Rick, I knew that you knew it was a Sprinfield receiver, but my comment was for the poster. I just wanted him to know that any front barrel band without the H stamped on the bayonet lug was made at Rock Island Arsenal.

+1

[John Beard]

Rick, I knew that you knew it was a Sprinfield receiver, but my comment was for the poster. I just wanted him to know that any front barrel band without the H stamped on the bayonet lug was made at Rock Island Arsenal.

Forgive me for laughing. I needed some humor on this cold winter day.

Springfield Armory bands made prior to 1908 didn't have the "H" either. So Rock Island was not the only one who made bands sans "H".

J.B.

[robh5]

Rick, I knew that you knew it was a Sprinfield receiver, but my comment was for the poster. I just wanted him to know that any front barrel band without the H stamped on the bayonet lug was made at Rock Island Arsenal.

I had forgot to add that it is a Springfield receiver.
I never new that a front band without the H was RIA made (minus the pre 1908 Springfield bands as mentioned by J Beard). Thanks for the info.

[Rick the Librarian]

To which I would add the milled upper bands made for the Remington M1903 during WWII. They also lacked the "H" stamp.

[Fred]

John that's a good thing to know. Thanks. Hopefully now, anybody reading this thread with such a front band on their correct pre 1908 Sprinfield will think twice about switching it out for a later H stamped band.