Thank you for your interest in our listing. Extremely rare and hard to find cupped metal buttplate. 22 Cal M1922, M1922M1, & M2 rifles. 30 Cal Style “T”, 1922 Match Springfield M1922 Heavy Barrel, and NRA Sporter Rifles manufactured at Springfield Armory. Beyond the title, the description of the item is best accomplished by the photographs. Please review the listing photos as I consider my photographs to be an integral part of my item description. I do use our file photos on factory new and bin pulled items. Check our feedback which speaks volumes about how easy we are to deal with. Please send us a message if you have any questions.
This is an excellent condition Springfield Armory Heavy Checkered Early 1903 National Match Buttplate. It has the correct early Dark Parkerized finish. It has little to no wear on the top, bottom and inside from being mounted on a rifle stock but saw little to no use given its overall excellent condition. This is the early version prior to Springfield Armory adding drawing numbers to this style of buttplate. Springfield Armory later added two different sets of drawing numbers to the rear inside area of the buttplate to differentiate between National Match and Standard Military issued Heavy Checkered buttplates. This would be correct for any Springfield Armory National Match Rifle. These were also used on standard rifles and were highly sought after by the Marines during WWII for use on their issued and arsenal overhauled rifles. Due to the shortage, some USMC buttplates during the WWII time frame have homemade punch marked type checkering to help stabilize the rifle during firing. This would also work well for any 1903/1903A3 rifle for shooting purposes. Add this to the National Match Rear Sight I have up for sale to help finish restoring your SA National Match Rifle. The item “Springfield Armory 1903 Heavy Checkered National Match Buttplate” is in sale since Wednesday, September 26, 2018. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\1919-38\Original Period Items”. The seller is “1stbatboy” and is located in Audubon, New Jersey. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Brand: Springfield Armory
- For Gun Make: Springfield Armory