You too, my friend.
I have no hard feelings whatsoever. If this really is in 30-03 your friend has something a Mdl 70 collector will kill for.
I had NIB with hanging tags a 270 with a serial # 1270. I knew where it came from and the former owner. He had bought it new and tucked it away all those years, until 1979, when I bought it from his widow.
I also saw one in 9X57 once. It could be that he has an '03. It is just highly improbable. Maybe I should have said things this way.