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Wrist left side

Such a clear and deeply struck cartouche. Love it!

And you to can also have clear and deeply struck cartouches as well!

That's cheating! Lol

List of known SA inspectors copied from the link listed below:

https://m1903.com/isid.php

Known Springfield Armory
Inspectors and Sub-Inspectors

Initials Name Period
FWA F.W. Adams 1904-1906
GBA G.B. Allen 1894-1920
JSA J.S. Adams 1890-1920
JWA J.W. Alden 1905-1906
CLB C.L. Bartlett 1904-1910
CMB C.M. Boyington 1901-1910
HMB H.M. Brooks 1902-1920
JHB J.H. Boyer 1896-1920
JKB J.K. Burbank 1901-1910
JNB J.N. Boyer 1905-1906
JSB J.S. Burns 1898-1910
MPB M.P. Benjamin 1899-1910
NLB N.L. Benoit 1900-1904
PMB P.M. Brooks 1909-1910
SEB S.E. Bugbee 1901-1910
SHB S.H. Broughton 1890-1920
WEB W.E. Boynton 1902-1910
WFB W.F. Bradbury 1898-1902
AMC A.M. Cooley 1901-1910
HAC H.A. Colvin 1904-1920
JC J. Clancy 1905-1907
JEC J.E. Craig 1898-1906
JFC J.F. Coyle 1906-1907
JHC J.H. Clayton 1890-1920
JMC J.M. Crighton 1894-1910
MMC M.M. Custer 1906-1910
RAC R.A. Carr 1889-1920
RBC R.B. Chamberlain 1905-1906
WJC W. J. Carr 1890-1920
CD C. Davis 1905-1906
CD C. Drommer 1898-1910
DJD D.J. Davis 1904-1906
JRD J.R. Dearborn 1901-1920
RDD R.D. Draper 1905-1906
RMD R.M. Dennon 1895-1920
CEE C.E. Evans 1905-1906
EAE E.A. Elliot 1894-1910
FHE F. H. Elwell 1894-1910
JWE J.W. Ewig 1898-1910
JHF J.H. Fletcher 1908-1909
WCF W.C. Fielding 1898-1920
WFF W.F. Fennyery 1904-1906
EAG E.A. Gowrie 1902-1909
GFG G.F. Grey 1902-1920
GRG G.R. Goring 1908-1910
AWH A.W. Hatch 1902-1903
CCH C.C. Hubbard 1905-1906
EH E. Hancock 1917-1918
FFH F.F. Hull 1905-1906
JHH J.H. Howarth 1899-1910
JNH J.N. Hemenway 1906-1907
LOH L.O. Hale 1902-1906
WEH W.E. Hosmer 1905-1915
WHH W.H. Hayden 1901-1906
WJH W.J. Hines 1904-1910
BFJ B.F. James 1904-1906
EAK E.A. Kingsbury 1904-1906
EJK E.J. Kernan 1909-1910
FMK F.M. Kelsey 1904-1906
HLK H.L. Keyes 1890-1920
LLK L.L. Kuralt 1905-1910
PK P. Keller 1904-1906
PJK P.J. Killey 1901-1906
AHG A.H. Lewis 1905-1906
BFL B.F. Loughavan 1905-1906
CPL C.P. Lynn 1905-1906
EML E.M. Lovering 1908-1909
NL N. LeClair 1905-1906
TJL T. J. Lovett 1904-1906
DWM D.W. Massey 1908-1909
FAM F.A. Massey 1905-1906
FWM F.W. Macher 1905-1906
GEM G.E. Miller 1905-1906
JWM J.W. McCoy 1927-1929
KSM K.S. Morse 1898-1915
LM L. Menz 1908-1909
RM R. Matthews 1905-1906
THM T.H. Mills 1900-1921
JPO J.P. O'Neil 1904-1910
WJO W.J. Ober 1904-1906
JCP J.C. Parker 1905-1906
SP S. Priestley 1904-1906
FER F.E. Randall 1905-1906
IR I. Randall 1904-1906
JR J. Reid 1904-1920
EJS E.J. Schoch 1904-1906
ETS E.T. Stevens 1890-1920
GAS G.A. Spooner 1899-1910
GCS G.C. Schnell 1904-1905
JFS J.F. Sullivan 1898-1908
RNS R.N. Standard 1905-1906
WS W. Syrett 1904-1905
DAT D.A. Turner 1914-1915
JBT J.B. Tyler 1899-1920
OAT O.A. Thornton 1907-1910
SLT S.L. Tuttle 1894-1920
AAW A.A. White 1905-1906
CAW C.A. White 1904-1905
FEW F.E. Willson 1901-1920
GEW G.E. Worden 1905-1920
HCW H.C. Washburn 1904-1906
HEW H.E. Wallenberg 1905-1906
JAW J.A. Woodworth 1905-1906
MW M. Witkop 1908-1909
WAW W.A. Walker 1905-1906
WFW W.F. Wilber 1905-1906
GZ G. Zauche 1905-1906

Nice link, thanks!

I don't know why someone would fake a J. F. C. cartouche on a Krag. I don't think this cartouche, which appears real on op's Krag, is fake. It just adds a level of mystique to his rifle that we will not likely solve, as to why it's there, for certain. He has a great Krag treasure! Nice list Moose!

J.F. Coyle was working and stamping stocks beyond the 1906–1907-time frame.

In his book, "The Springfield 1903 Rifles", William Brophy lists the 'block' [J.F.C.] marking, being used, from 1905 to 1918.

I may be hallucinating or it could just be an optical illusion, but it is possible there is a faint 'remainder' of an earlier cartouche, above the JFC on the OP's stock.

A re-stamped block [J.S.A.], likely recycled during a rebuild, is also shown for comparison. The light colored wood is Italian walnut.

(Not fact, I am just 'puzzling' out loud, while trying to understand the practices during a very confusing Krag era, 1904 to 1918).