springfield30-06

Question
i have a springfield30-06 and the model number is 1903 and other numbers are 193264 what can you tell me about my gun

Answer
Brian,

The Springfield Model 1903 was manufactured between 1903 and 1930 by both the Springfield Armory and the Rock Island Arsenal.  This bolt action rifle, caliber in .30-06 was the standard army rifle up through about 1936 when it was replaced by the M1 Garand.  The rifle saw service through the Second World War and in the Korean War as a sniper type rifle since bolt actions are inherently more accurate than semi-autos like the M1 Garand.

The Springfield Model 1903 took many design cues from the highly successful Mauser 93 type rifles.  By the time the US entered WWI, more than 800,000 of these rifles had been produced.  Just after the WWI there was a Mark I version introduced that had the ability to accept an attachment called a "Pedersen device" that replaced the bolt and allow the Model 1903 to be used as a semi-automatic rifle.

Assuming you have just the standard Model 1903, with the serial number that you provided, the rifle you had should have been manufactured in mid 1906.  In 90% condition, your rifle could be worth as much as $4000.  Obviously the better the condition the higher the value.  Since I can actually examine the gun, it is difficult to provide an exact value.  Even a specimen in fair condition still might fetch as much as $2500-$3000.

If you are interested in a detailed history of the gun, I'd direct you to Wikipedia since the article there is excellent and gives a lot of details about the history of the gun.

Hope this helps you out...

Best regards,

Doug Little