my dads remington 03 a3 again

[nobody1369]

one more question?
what can you tell me by serial number?
3940096

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[browningautorifle]

The year of manufacture for serial number 3940096 is 1942. Remington 1903A3 production started in 1942 at number 3348086. U.S. Military Dates of Manufacture

[nobody1369]

my barrel says 9-43
so re barreled ?

[browningautorifle]

Probably not. The receiver probably went into a bin and wasn't used until then.

[nobody1369]

thank you sir
any way of finding history of it?

[Rick the Librarian]

The year of manufacture for serial number 3940096 is 1942. Remington 1903A3 production started in 1942 at number 3348086. U.S. Military Dates of Manufacture

You're looking at a table that has incorrect information - it lists ALL 03A3s as "1942". The serialization of the receiver, like the barrel, happened in Sept., 1943.

Use this date table instead - much more accurate:

http://www.vishooter.net/ra_serialization.txt

[nobody1369]

thank you sir

[browningautorifle]

You're looking at a table that has incorrect information

I believe you...but it's all I have. Until now that is.

[Rick the Librarian]

No problem - I still run into this obsolete table fairly often. I believe it originated from a NPS website for Springfield Armory NHS.

A few years ago, I remember one guy who had an all correct Remington M1903 - the table said that ALL Rem. 03s were "1941". He had a original 1942 barrel but he was going to install another barrel to make it "correct"!!

[browningautorifle]

And our problem remains of "Correcting" guns that look original...