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    RA 1903 Rifle with type 11 A3 stock?

    Hello all,
    So I am cleaning up and data sheeting a pretty nice RA 1903 I have had for some time. Serial # 3143504 DOM 6-42. Receiver serial and barrel date are to the same month. All milled with the exception of the butt plate which is stamped and parked. Bolt body is SC {"2" and punched on the root}. I believe the extractor, collar and cutoff are also SC. Serrated Trigger and Sear are S marked which I believe to be SA. Rear sight is "G" marked {Gotham?}. Everything else is R marked. No rebuild cartouches are present. I have been told this rifle would qualify as a "Modified" 1903. I believe the serial number is in the correct range. I know that some of you reject the term "modified" and using "type" to describe these stocks. That being said, after all of that here is my question: My Rifle has a type 11 1903A3 stock with recoil pins and is cut for a hand guard clip. Cartouches include RA, cross cannons and boxed FJA with a single non serifed circle P on the wrist. High Hump hand guard with sight groove. I have been down the rabbit hole on the stock thing and I know that many say that stock should never ever be on a production 1903 and I see others disagree. I am not an expert but I do know that in 1942 things were moving fast and these A3 stocks did exist. Its obvious my rifle received some non RA parts along the way but my main concern is the stock. Do we think that rifle could have received that stock at the USGI armory level and can I call it modified or {transitional?} See the pics. Thanks for your time-
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