Compliments ocsfollowme National Training Center-OPFOR  BMP qualification badges. I forgot the criteria for earning one. Nor the upgrade in color border. Worn only by NTC OPFOR, above left breast pocket nametape on OPFOR field uniform. A certificate was issued with this when awarded. 

Nice rifle. 03's rule.

I have never seen such provenance!  Its awesome!

Memorial Day 2026

385th MP Bn.  At least that is what ASMIC has it being.      -Ski

My Brother-in-Law,  is a retired CTRCM. Would love to see the insignia on this jumper. 

There's no doubt the name on the stock is Kiplinger.  During the interwar period and WWII, thousands of M1903 rifles were assigned to State Guard units, military academies, or university ROTC programs. These institutions frequently used larger, non-standard alphanumeric stamping patterns to track their hardware. The stock markings, "L 3002" and "G 3083" are not factory manufacturing marks or standard arsenal rebuild codes.  Instead I'm just guessing it might be a letter that desginates a specific company, troop, or department (e.g., Company L and Company G), while the four-digit number matches the rifle to a specific soldier, rack position, or inventory ledger. It's possible the reason for these two unit markings (if that's what they are) might be that the "L" stamp was likely applied first by one unit. When the rifle was reassigned to a different unit (Company G), the armorers stamped the new designation nearby rather than sanding down the original wood. Obviously, all this is conjecture on my part and it's just a WAG, but it's my guess.  Personally, I don't think we'll ever know which Kiplinger this rifle belonged.  Carry on...

Very cool!! Thank you Mr. Flick!!

Same here; I collect both and have been doing it about 40 years.............