This Model 1903 Style B International Match rifle was manufactured by Springfield Armory c. 1928 and fitted with a schuetzen style cheek-piece. This rifle is illustrated and briefly described on page 138 of "The Springfield 1903 Rifles" by LTC. William S. Brophy. Brophy states that this rifle is: "One of three known unusual Springfield Armory heavy barrel style "B" international-type rifles. All rifles are identical in all respects, even to not having front sights. It is very possible that these rifles were assembled for use in long range competitions such as the Wimbledon Cup and Herrick Trophy matches in which telescopic sights were allowed." The rifle has a standard Model 1903 receiver with armory polished bolt with headless cocking piece and reversed safety. The bolt is not serial numbered and has a "J5" steel lot code on the bottom of the safety lug. The receiver is fitted with a Lyman 48 micrometer sight. The rifle has a standard trigger. The 28-inch heavy barrel is 1.2-inch in diameter at the breech and 1.0-inch in diameter at the muzzle. The barrel is secured by the same modified Model 1917 rifle special barrel band utilized on the Springfield Style T heavy barrel rifles. The barrel has no provision for a front sight. Unertl telescopic sight bases are mounted on the barrel and receiver. The rifle is fitted by a non-period Unertl 15X target scope with fine wire cross-hair and aluminum target mounts. The rifle has a 1924 International Free Rifle style stock with adjustable Swiss buttplate that has been modified by removing the upper half of the butt and cheek-piece and replacing it with a schuetzen style cheek-piece. The modification is precisely done and clearly Springfield Armory work. The stock is stamped with an encircled, block "P" proofmark on the face of the pistol grip. The receiver has the standard Springfield Armory markings which are partially covered by the rear sight base. The markings on the safety and magazine cut-off have the correct block letters. The underside of the barrel is stamped "SA/512" opposite the front sight base. There are no other markings on the barrel. The barrel, barrel band, receiver, trigger guard, floor plate and bolt sleeve have the same blue finish found on M1903 Sporters manufactured for commercial sale. The bolt and extractor are polished and the bolt has the distinctive armory polishing marks on either side of the safety lug. The safety lever has the late casehardened finish. The stock is oil finished black walnut. All of the heavy barreled target rifles manufactured by Springfield Armory are rare. This rifle is quite possibly the rarest of all the Springfield heavy barrel match rifles.

Excellent. The rifle retains 95% plus of the original blue finish. There is some slight wear on the edges of the muzzle and on the sides of the barrel. The blue on the trigger guard and buttplate is thin. The Lyman 48 sight shows significantly more wear than the other components and has 70% of the blue finish. The stock is very good overall and shows only light to moderate handling wear with the exception of the right side of the butt which apparently has been glued and roughly varnished to reinforce the schuetzen cheek-piece joint. The blue finish on the Swiss buttplate and hardware has aged to an even blue-brown patina. The Unertl target scope and mounts are in excellent condition with clear optics. This is an excellent example of a Springfield Armory Model 1903 Style B International Match Rifle that is illustrated and described in "The Springfield 1903 Rifles".