Manufactured in 1913 as one of roughly 15,525 Model 1903 Gallery Practice bolt action rifles manufactured by the U.S. Springfield Armory c. 1906-1921. These gallery practice rifles were intended for target practice on indoor ranges and externally configured the same as the standard M1903 service rifles, with the exception of a .22 caliber barrel and the use of Hoffer-Thompson .22 Short chamber/cartridge adaptors shaped after the profile of a .30-06 Springfield cartridge in order to be fed through the standard box magazine and stripper clips. Many were destroyed after the end of World War I making surviving examples comparatively scarce today. Features a fixed blade front sight and folding latter rear sight (without volley notch), "S A/flaming bomb/11-13" marked barrel, "22" marked on the receiver bridge, "I 5" straight-handle bolt, a replacement "N.R.A." marked trigger housing (from a N.R.A. Sales M1903 rifle), and "H" marked bayonet lug. Fitted with a "high-hump' profile walnut handguard and a 'S' profile grasping groove walnut stock without recoil bolts, stamped with a boxed "J.F.C." (J. F. Coyle) inspector stamp on the left of the wrist, and fitted with a checkered trapdoor steel buttplate. Includes five Hoffer-Thompson .22 Short chamber/cartridge adaptors, a "K" marked Swedish pattern stripper clip, and informational display card, and a generic nylon soft case.

Very good, retaining 30% plus original blue finish with scattered light edge wear, thinning on the balance with scattered visible grey and brown patinas, scattered minor patches of visible spotting/freckling, and some light handling marks. The stock is also very good as lightly sanded and re-oiled with numerous scattered minor handling marks and a clear inspector stamp. Mechanically excellent. Hoffer-Thompson .22 Short chamber/cartridge adapters are fine with some minor pitting.