This U.S.M.C. Model 1930 Single Shot International Match (IM) Rifle was manufactured by Springfield Armory c. 1930. It is identified by serial number and pictured and discussed on pages 116-118 of "The Springfield 1903 Rifles" by Brophy. Springfield Armory manufactured eleven special heavy barrel match rifles for the Marine IM Rifle Team. These unique rifles outwardly resembled the Model 1924 IM rifles. However, the Marine rifles had a special solid base receiver and international match style stock with no magazine well. In addition, these rifles featured a Garand high speed firing mechanism, Woody double-set trigger, adjustable cork palm rest and adjustable aluminum hooked buttplate. The rifles had a 30-inch heavy barrel with Winchester globe front sight on a modified Browning Automatic rifle mount and is secured by a modified Model 1917 Enfield barrel band. The rifle has a Lyman 48 receiver sight and telescopic sight blocks mounted on the barrel and receiver. The rifles had the low-luster blue finish used on Springfield Armory NRA Sporter and heavy barrel target rifles. The bolts were armory polished. This rifle is identified as one of the eleven U.S.M.C Single Shot IM rifles in Springfield Army documents that accompany the rifle. In addition, the rifle is complete with a Springfield Research Service letter that indicates it was sold to Marine Lieutenant W.R. Walsh in 1936 (Walsh was one of the officers responsible for development of the U.S.M.C. Scout-Sniper program during WWII). The receiver is marked with the serial number along with the usual Springfield Armory markings. The bolt is not serial numbered, but the bottom of the handle is numbered "6". The bottom of the receiver is stamped with a steel lot code "NS/J100". The die mark "NS-42" is stamped in the floor-plate recess (as shown on page 117 of "The Springfield 1903 Rifles"). The Woody trigger guard and sear are numbered "1244367". The underside of the barrel is stamped with the star-gauge number "61". The rifle is fitted with telescopic sight block and a Lyman 10X "Targetspot" telescopic sight with target mounts and a fine wire and dot cross-hair. The top of the bolt handle has been crudely milled to clear the telescopic sight. The stock has been shortened 1-inch and has been restored to the original length using what appears to be the original wood. The rifle is accompanied by several copies of Springfield Armory documents that discuss the U.S.M.C. IM rifles and identify the rifles by serial number.

Very fine. The barrel, receiver and trigger retain 85% plus of the original blue finish. The sides of the barrel along the top of the stock have a number of small patches of scattered light pitting and age discoloration. The front sight base and barrel band show moderate finish loss. The Lyman 48 rear sight components do not match, and the sight retains 80% of the blue finish. The Lyman Targetspot telescopic sight has 90% of the blue finish with clear optics. The scope body has scattered spots of surface discoloration. The Woody trigger and cork palm rest are in excellent condition. Except the period replaced section (can be seen in the book noted above), the stock remains in very fine condition with a few scattered handling marks. The Springfield Armory M1903 heavy barrel target rifles were made in extremely limited numbers and are all considered rare and very desirable. The eleven solid base receiver match rifles made by Springfield Armory specifically for the Marine IM Rifle Team are probably the rarest of these rifles. This is a very fine and fully documented example of one of these extremely rare U.S.M.C. single-shot International Match rifles.