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Looks likea thumb safety from a military stile bolt action.
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It's a 1903 Springfield safety
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That's my call on it too.
With the sort of roughish finish, I'd guess it to be from a war production era Springfield 03A3.
At a glance, it looks new and will work just fine.
There are after market safeties available that will work without hitting the bottom of a scope.
It might be a left over from someone installing one of those as part of a sporterizing project.
In the late 50s and into the 60s, the market was flooded with surplus rifles.
The 03s were prime projects to sporterize. Plenty of unissued ones were available.
A bunch were even rechambered to the new wildcat--- .300WinMag.
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BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |