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Springfield 1903 with Warner & Swasey Sniper Scope
Model 1903 rifles equipped with Model 1913 Warner & Swasey Musket Sights were used by the U.S. Army on the Mexican Punitive Expedition in 1916 and in France by the American Expeditionary Force in 1917-18. The Model 1903 rifle equipped with a Model 1913 Warner & Swasey Musket Sight was the first issue U.S. sniper rifle with a telescopic sight. All original Model 1903 rifles with Warner & Swasey Muskets sight are rare; examples with matching serial numbers are
almost never encountered.
CONDITION: Excellent, with 95% plus of the original Springfield Arsenal blue and oil quenched finishes overall showing very minor wear on the forward barrel. The smaller parts also retain 98% of their casehardened finish. The stock and handguard are also excellent with nearly all of the original oil finish with clear, deep cartouches and proofs. The Warner & Swasey sniper scope is also excellent with 98% of the original black finish overall showing just minor edge and high spot wear with the original eyepiece all still intact but hardened from age. The optics are excellent with an intact reticle with just a few minor specks inside with a little fuzziness. This extraordinary rifle has the original and correct matching Warner & Swasey sniper scope mount. Absolutely untouched and
impossible to find today!
Provenance: The George Moller Collection.
Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000
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