.30-40. 30" barrel. SN: 136530. Blued metal finish with nitre blued small parts, bright bolt body and butt in walnut straight wrist stock with half length upper handguard. Bolt action internal magazine fed repeating rifle charged with loose rounds through loading port in right receiver. Item mounts Model 1896 adjustable ladder rear notch and pinned front blade sights. Left receiver shows MODEL 1898. marking followed by U.S. / SPRINGFIELD ARMORY. Left wrist shows the JSA / 1898 cartouche of inspector Joseph S. Adams, along with a weak circle P behind the triggerguard tang. Trapdoor butt is void of tools. {ANTIQUE}

Good to Fine. Bore is Frosty with some patina, pitting throughout, and strong rifling. Metal with some pitting on the bayonet lug, forward barrel, and butt. Brown mottling overall with some traces of blue on internals, weak blue at the edges of barrel, and extant blue over the extractor. Stock shows some handling wear and dents with edges weakened by light sanding and with a granular finish. Dent to left comb.