1903-A3 type C, new stock ?

"What we have here..... is a failure....... to communicate "

It would seem that I do not know what I have! I need to do more research and nail this thing down.
What I think I know is it is now a 1903-A1, since the original straight stock was sporterized and the new stock is a C type. The hitch is the new stock came with an A-3 hand guard. ( I feel like an IDIOT!)
So I will be either milling one or picking up an original .
Would anyone know where one might procure one?



and the search goes on:

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1903 sprimgfields are marked 1903 on the top of the receiver, 1903A3,s are maked 1903A3 on the top...a 1903A1 would be malked 1902,..and serial numbered higher then 1million2.

The Information I have gathered as of yet: Remington 1903 and it was a spoterized straight stock. A new stock was ordered for a 1903-A3, we were in error when we ordered , so the hand guard is wrong.
I have been told and have read that the rifle was produced in June or July of 1942 as a 1903. ( and is so marked )
Since the new stock is a "C", would it now be considered a 1903-A1?
What I really would like, is to lay my hands on is a hand guard for a 1903 since the rifle has the flip up rear site.
I have a collectors book I will be ordering for my self and plan to bone up on this rifle

Thank you for your input and hope all is well with you and yours

no,,,jut dropping a 1903 in a C stock....does not make it a 1903A1. only rifles modified by the Gov, and sold via the DCM, as a 1903A1 would be a 1903A1... and those would only be a 1903 Springfield.. i have the DCM sales records of most of the 1903A1,s sold...and none are below serial number 1million2, as i posted.