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    Late Remington 03a3

    For someone who has read the old Joustericon forum for years, ill pretend to be a newbie since the information I have available wont tell me the answer.

    When was SN 4093xxx produced? it has a 10/43 barrel and im wondering if it has been rebarreled at some stage. It certainly is late production but im not sure when 03a3 production actually ceased.

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    Roy,

    Your receiver was serialized about December, 1943. The barrel is probably original. M1903A3 production ended about February, 1944, although I believe spare parts and M1903A4 production continued for a while longer. The latest Remington M1903A3 (non-M1903A4) was in the 4,209,000 range.
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    1903a3

    FYI, I have 40485xx with 8-43 dated barrel. It was purchased by by uncle thorough the NRA / DCM in the 60's.

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    RTL,

    IIRC, a 1/44 barrel date is about the latest one would find on an original Remington, and not many of them, so a 10/43 on a Dec. reciever would fit pretty well ... I would think....

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    There is some dispute as to whether a 1-44 barrel was a "production" barrel or a "replacement". As I recall, Larry Byrd said that he had noticed at least a few 1-44s as original. 9-43s to 12-43s are more common. I also agree with you about the 10-43, as you noticed in my original reply.
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    One thing I appreciate about the new forum is the "resize" feature. New Scotlander's pictures were originally nearly a megabyte in size. 50-100Kb is plenty big. The reason being is that it even takes a bit for us DSLers to download such a size. For those on dial-up it is almost impossible.

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    Rick, My apologies. I uploaded that picture onto Photobucket at the maximum size (1 meg). I should have made it smaller. I have cable, so I don't realize the download time. Next time, I'll upload it as a smaller file.

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    I didn't mean it as a "major" criticism - I used to do it, myself, until someone reminded me of the need to reduce it. As I said, this website does an admirable job of "catching" these pictures.

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