Finally got the 1915 NEW home
- oldmanshootin
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Finally got the 1915 NEW home
Got her home and cleaned her for about three hours, DIRTY BORE. The bore is a little rough but kinda shiny, rifling weak and counter bored. Wood is beautiful and just could not bring myself to touch it with anything. There were little screws in front of both bands and the rear band will not tighten. Cleaning rod not blued and mag well strike through. NO marks or dates on tang. No marks on buttplate.
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- oldmanshootin
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Re: Finally got the 1915 NEW home
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Awesome rifle . I can't answer your question about the knob but I've always wanted to know myself.
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Re: Finally got the 1915 NEW home
just how finn rifles, should look with the been there done that! look civil guard # marked dirty nasty bores seems to me, to be not uncommon on N.E.W. s one of mine seems to grow crud,
- Lee-online
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Very Sweet good find
As they say the pen is mightier than the sword...however that also means the pen is far more dangerous than the sword. The sword can take your life or your limb but can not take your freedom, the pen can. A wary patriot watches the pen as it can steal his freedom. The wary patriot knows he can use the pen to take power from those who wish to use the pen for evil, but keeps his rifle close by his side "just in case"!
- oldmanshootin
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$300. 95 in my hands....Too much ??????
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Do I see a Serbian crown below the serial number - to the right side of the barrel...?
$300 sounds like a fair deal to me.
$300 sounds like a fair deal to me.
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Nice rifle with a lot of use. The stories it could tell.
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Re: Finally got the 1915 NEW home
on the stock it kinda looks like teeth marks from a vise
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Nice, man. Love that New. It definitely has been there. Is that a pinecone?
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Re: Finally got the 1915 NEW home
Did I already ask what letter is on the top of the receiver tang next to the rear action screw? The letter H, M, or E will designate which of the three assembly plants built it. I'm collecting data to try to identify serial number blocks for each plant. This one probably falls into the E for East Springfield Mass production. Thanks and shoot that bore clean. Clean, shoot, clean. Gets better fast.
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- Lee-online
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Here is my NEW you can add. Where is the H plant?Homer2 wrote:Did I already ask what letter is on the top of the receiver tang next to the rear action screw? The letter H, M, or E will designate which of the three assembly plants built it. I'm collecting data to try to identify serial number blocks for each plant. This one probably falls into the E for East Springfield Mass production. Thanks and shoot that bore clean. Clean, shoot, clean. Gets better fast.
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Very nice Judi and her Mosin's
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Re: Finally got the 1915 NEW home
H is for the Chicopee Falls, Mass Hill Plant. There was also a Chicopee Falls River Plant a short distance away that only made parts (R Mark). Before Westinghouse bought it, is was the home to Stevens firearms. Following the Westinghouse contract, and a fire destroying all records, Savage acquired the plant and ended up making Enfields and other items during the second world war.Lee-online wrote:Here is my NEW you can add. Where is the H plant?Homer2 wrote:Did I already ask what letter is on the top of the receiver tang next to the rear action screw? The letter H, M, or E will designate which of the three assembly plants built it. I'm collecting data to try to identify serial number blocks for each plant. This one probably falls into the E for East Springfield Mass production. Thanks and shoot that bore clean. Clean, shoot, clean. Gets better fast.
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- oldmanshootin
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Homer2 wrote:Did I already ask what letter is on the top of the receiver tang next to the rear action screw? The letter H, M, or E will designate which of the three assembly plants built it. I'm collecting data to try to identify serial number blocks for each plant. This one probably falls into the E for East Springfield Mass production. Thanks and shoot that bore clean. Clean, shoot, clean. Gets better fast.
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Best I can do about mark on tang, cannot really make out any tang marks!!!
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best photo of the ?serbian mark
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