AzRon Posted March 8, 2020 Report Posted March 8, 2020 I adopted a Remington 1903A3 Friday, it was built late 1943 it appears to be almost original except for the milled trigger housing when it should have a stamped R marked housing, other than that I am very happy with it it joins my Smith Corona 03A3 and a Rock Island 03.
RedRiverII Posted March 8, 2020 Report Posted March 8, 2020 Very nice, can you explain the stamping? Circle22, circle8, just curious.
AzRon Posted March 9, 2020 Author Report Posted March 9, 2020 5 hours ago, RedRiverII said: Very nice, can you explain the stamping? Circle22, circle8, just curious. They are various inspectors stamps to show that it passed an inspection.
mrmackc Posted March 9, 2020 Report Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, AzRon said: They are various inspectors stamps to show that it passed an inspection. Does your 03A3 have a 2 groove rifling barrel or a 4 groove ? I have seen one original 03A3 with a 2 groove barrel, don't remember if it is a Remington . I have what I found to be a 1943 build a Remington 03A3 that I "sporterized" as a gunsmith,/ armorers school project in around 1961 it has a milled trigger guard also, and I rebarreled it with a Santa Fe Arms barrel I bought for $12.00 . I remember the receiver was as hard as a wedding prick and I had to buy a carbide bit and tap to mount the Weaver scope. I also got a Fagan Walnut stock blank Glass bedded it with a floating barrel ( after 4 inches from the receiver) I originally left a barrel stock contact bump out at the front end of the stock, but sanded it off after it's first long range trial, I got a better hot barrel grouping after removing the bump and it now has a bent bolt handle and a Timney trigger with a custom safety. It is Pretty much of a tack driver out to 500 yards and my go to .3006 since I gave my Garand M1 to my son. Edited March 9, 2020 by mrmackc
98Z5V Posted March 9, 2020 Report Posted March 9, 2020 Damn good lookin' 1903, man!!! I love them. That thing is CLEAN!!!
Sharpshooter Posted March 9, 2020 Report Posted March 9, 2020 Loved me an '03 ever since marching around with one in boot camp.
RedRiverII Posted March 9, 2020 Report Posted March 9, 2020 RA - Raritan Arsenal, FJA- Lt. Col Frank J Atwood. They tell a whole story by the different markings. Fast search I couldn't find the specific circle 8. Interesting piece of history and an actual piece of history as well. Tack drivers for sure.
AzRon Posted March 13, 2020 Author Report Posted March 13, 2020 On 3/8/2020 at 6:28 PM, mrmackc said: Does your 03A3 have a 2 groove rifling barrel or a 4 groove ? I have seen one original 03A3 with a 2 groove barrel, don't remember if it is a Remington . I have what I found to be a 1943 build a Remington 03A3 that I "sporterized" as a gunsmith,/ armorers school project in around 1961 it has a milled trigger guard also, and I rebarreled it with a Santa Fe Arms barrel I bought for $12.00 . I remember the receiver was as hard as a wedding prick and I had to buy a carbide bit and tap to mount the Weaver scope. I also got a Fagan Walnut stock blank Glass bedded it with a floating barrel ( after 4 inches from the receiver) I originally left a barrel stock contact bump out at the front end of the stock, but sanded it off after it's first long range trial, I got a better hot barrel grouping after removing the bump and it now has a bent bolt handle and a Timney trigger with a custom safety. It is Pretty much of a tack driver out to 500 yards and my go to .3006 since I gave my Garand M1 to my son. It's got a 4 groove barrel.
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