What the heck, I went back Sunday to see if the 1903 was still there.  It was and I was about to mark one of the two rifles off my wish list but the serial number was a 284xxx, a 1907 rifle.  I don't know much about them but I've read to avoid serial numbers below 800,000.  It had a WW2 barrel so it has survived a long time but I decided to pass. 

The other rifle on my list is a model 1861 Springfield.