A closer yet look at the "anatomy" of my LN RIA
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VERY carefully disassembled my 16,093 RIA this morning and shot a number of pictures, which I thought I would share.
1) USMC front sight protector. As you can se from the picture below, there is quite a bit of "room in the sight picture. No markings on the FSP at all (a small Z or 2 on the bottom of the front sight base)
2) Former 30-03 stock: Picture shows the plug for the upper band screw hole used when the stock was mounted on a M1903 in 30-03 caliber.
3) Handguard - the interior had a fixturing slot, which I was told RIA rifles did not have. However, Ferris' book said they DID have fixturing slot until WWI.
4) trigger "slot" was the earlier "long" one with was modified with a pin when early M1903s went off when they were slammed on the ground.
5) Early fixed rear sight base and barrel markings - as I expected, the rifle has an early "lightened" fixed rear sight base, which was replaced by a "solid" base a year or so later. Between the "straps" I saw the barrel steel lot code, C5 with a "P" (proof) stamp below that. The mark just above looks almost like a British "broad arrow" but I think it is a poorly-stamped sub-inspection "K".
6) Trigger/sear group: The trigger was the earlier "thin" trigger. The "weep" hole in the forward part of the sear was a bit of a surprise. Supposedly, these weren't used until just before WWII. But I have a sear just like it on my 1908 Springfield.
(See below for a few more pictures)
Last edited by Rick the Librarian; 05-17-2013 at 07:02.
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