This is a 1903 Springfield sporting rifle that was sold in 1932. There were only a total of 4,496 sporting rifle produced from 1923 through 1933. These N.R.A. sporting rifles used the regular 1903 National Match receiver with hand polished receiver rails, that was fitted with a 1903 star gauged National Match barrel. It has the standard nickel steel (NS) marked national match bolt assembly that was hand fitted and left in the Springfield Armory "in the white" polished finish. The receiver is marked "U.S./SPRINGFIELD/ARMORY/MODEL 1903./1367540," and the barrel is marked "SA/Ordnance Shell and Flame/9-30" with the barrel having the correct star-gauge mark on the muzzle. It is fitted with an original Springfield Armory pistol grip sporter stock. This is the correct non-finger groove model that has a short forend, single barrel band, and a NRA sporter style cupped steel butt plate. These stocks were manufactured from select straight grain dark walnut that were hand fitted to ensure a correct bedding of the recoil lug. They were fitted with the standard Lyman 48C micrometer rear sight, that was machined for the clip slot cutout exactly like the 1903 NM rifles with this example fitted with a Lyman 17A globe front sight. These rifle were all given a hand polished and rust blued metal finish with the NM bolt remaining "in the white", with the hand rubbed linseed oil finish on the wood. This specific rifle was originally held in the WOOLAROC museum and was gifted to the Frank Phillips Foundation in December 2015. It also includes the original Springfield Armory shipping/sales ticket dated April 1932.

Excellent with 95% of the original blued finish overall with only a hint of edge wear, with clear sharp markings. The sporter stock is also in excellent condition with no visible handling marks. This is a nice, all original, documented Springfield Armory NRA sporting rifle.