I picked up a very rough (but high number) 1903 Springfield on GB the other day. I don’t yet have it in hand but I believe it may (may) be an early Seymour Griffin creation from about 1920 before Griffin and Howe was formed. I base this on the stock – especially the shape of the cheekpiece and the indentation and ‘peak’ forward of it. That, and the fact that it’s a pretty nicely shaped full stock rifle.

Here are a couple of G&H Springfields stocked by Seymour Griffin in the mid to late 1920’s.

https://imgbox.com/8s2o9W7J
https://imgbox.com/Up5Gwmgp

A G&H Kurz Mauser from the same period (stock details partly obscured).

https://imgbox.com/ArJ0WTUP

But, there are echoes of this style elsewhere.

In the same period - Zi-Di rifles from the 1930s.

https://imgbox.com/hXRFy6Rc
https://imgbox.com/3u7DJoUf

And even in a later period – an early Sako Riihimaki

https://imgbox.com/SxO0Daq0

So it may be Griffin’s style, which others borrowed. It may be something Griffin borrowed from others, or something borrowed from Europe somewhat earlier. Or maybe it's just a sequence of notes in a song that can be borrowed without violating the copyright. I think I might vote for the latter.

Anyway, here’s the GB rifle:

https://imgbox.com/fOMlx7Rk
https://imgbox.com/1llAh29v