remington A3 finish question

[karl schmidt]

[sakorick]

That looks very good! Now, if it has the circle P and inspector's initials I would say that's a very nice Remington stock. I think the finish is excellent. The OC cartouche looks weak but many of them had light strikes. How about the metal.....if it's as good as that stock with little R's stamped on everything, you've got a gem! That Park looks excellent too. How does she shoot? Regards, Rick.

[Johnny Peppers]

If you read the post by Joe W, he was indicating the flash and without flash photos were taken of the same rifle, but not of the same rifle in the OP.

[sakorick]

If you read the post by Joe W, he was indicating the flash and without flash photos were taken of the same rifle, but not of the same rifle in the OP.

That's what I figured. Karl's stock looks pretty darn good to me. Regards, Rick.

[Joe W]

I am totally confused. Karl asked for opinions on his rifle.....that's the original post. I said it looked OK but looked like it was sanded as the OC cartouche is nearly obliterated. Then another A3 pops up that says it's the same gun with perfect cartouches and finish. That gun is not Karl's original but one one that Joe picked out from a sticky.

Karl, if you could post some clear pictures of the FJA and OC cartouches we could make a better evaluation. It should also have 4 inspector initials, one in a diamond and a circle P. Regards, Rick.

Sorry Rick, I see how my post may have been confusing in that I said " this is the same rifle". By "same" I meant that the two pictures in my post (my rifle, not pulled from a sticky) were the "same" rifle taken with flash and without. I was responding to the reply by "Johnny Peppers" in which he said "Photographs are not always a good indicator of what the actual finish looks like.". Joe

PS - Please disregard the above. I just noticed that Johnny Peppers had answered this question but I can't figure out how to delete this post.

[karl schmidt]

how it worked out -- In the OP I questioned the khaki colored receiver. I didn't want to gamble a 5 hour round trip to find Bubba was experimenting with cold blue.
Turns out the photo color really was off, in hand the receiver is the green WWII park we all know and love a little thin on top, but undamaged.
Was the stock sanded? well kinda The faint stamps are explained by LOTS of steel wool slivers inside the stock - needed a paint brush to flick them out.
But Bubba didn't leave sand paper scratches or wreck it with Tru Oil!
All the required stock stamps are very visible, The 7 assembly marks in front of the TG are obvious but not readable .The wood is a warm reddish brown with the grain slightly open. Some tung oil and t.l.c. is bringing up the stamps a bit.
ALL the expected parts are "R" marked even down to the hand guard retainer ring and magazine spring.
So turns out it's not museum quality, but correct and good enough for me.
Thank you all for your opinions which I recall as being right on.
Forgot to add the barrel is a punch marked RA 9-43 with a perfect 2 groove bore