A friend called me from the local flea market and told me they had some old Springfield rifles that were pretty nice.  I drove two miles and bought these two.  Could not believe it.  The bore on the 1898 is a little frosty but it's a really nice rifle.  The 1873 has the nicest bore I've ever seen.  She also had an early 1903 that was really nice but I've been tapping into the $ put aside for a kitchen remodel so I exercised admirable restraint.

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