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I was given this holster from my great aunts estate. Sadly no 1911 in it but rather a Colt lighning from 1888. Go figure!

Anyway, I was trying to ID the manufacture but can find only a M.S....

The barrel is SC from March 43 so based on receiver date of 1/43, I believe this to be original. I thought I read somewhere that A3's was used more than we think due to the initial shortage of M1's...

After contacted the man who inherited the rifle from his father, I find that his father was stationed in New Guinea and the Philippines during the war. The timeline and location makes sense given...

Further research finds that OBS 3, stands for Ordinance Base Section 3, Brisbane Australia. I was told this rifle was a bring back, unlikely right, but the mans father was a B-25 navigator in WWII....

Here are some for M1 that I found and others for 1903, but still no match or even partial match.


M1
AAA,AN,A4 - Anniston Army Depot
AA - Augusta Arsenal
AHA - USMC Arsenal
BA - Benecia...

I have searched a bit and found no like rebuild codes I found while cleaning my new acquisition SC 1903A serial #3622813. I place this receiver in Jan 1943 with with a barrel date of 3-43 so the...

Thanks for the reply, Randy! I assumed the bring back was incorrect as that seems unrealistic given the weapons size. A 1911 maybe easier but still risky. Anyway, given it look slike only the...

After looking at a alot of 1903A3 and seeing few that are all correct for various unknown reasons and when trying to find out why the typical answer is "well it was an arsenal rebuild" after the war....