Help with A3 Stock Cartouche

[Dalebert]

Attached is a picture of my SC A3 cartouche. Can a member tell me what it indicates. JF stamped over RAP. The RA are clear. The P I'm not sure about.

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[emmagee1917]

JF is prob'ly the last owner's initals , I'm afraid. RA-P is a Raritan Arsenal rebuild stamp or at least a pass through visual inspection stamp . Depends on if your rifle has been redone , and , more importantly , if the rifle was in that stock when said stock was at Raritan.
Chris

[ABPOS]

Nice looking scant. Did you clean it up or did it look like that when you got it? It seems pretty nice. At least that little bit I can see.

[Johnny Peppers]

Maybe someone was going to put FJA on the stock, and ended up putting the J first.

[Dalebert]

I bought this gun at a show years ago. The stock is as purchased. I have not cleaned the stock. I find no other marks on the stock other than whats in the picture. It is an SC in 366XXXX range. Since the patina of the upper hand guard (since replace with a new/old piece) did not match the stock, I am assuming it was reworked at some point.

emmagee1917 - With all due respect, why would someone put their initials on it? Do you mean a military organization or a private owner? Have you seen that before. Seems peculiar, but I suppose every thing has happened at least once.

[emmagee1917]

It is not an original factory mark nor any arsenal stamp I am familiar with. I would guess , due to it's simple design , it was added by a private owner . If it had something along the lines of TVA or CD or ??PD or CHP or FBI , then you could make a case that it could have been a military arm given out to another govt. agency for thier use , but I draw a blank with JF . Back when these were cheep non-collectables , lots of sad things were done to them by thier owners .
Chris

[Randy A]

The military never installed scant stocks on 1903A3s, not at rebuild either, I'm sure there are several that can back me up on that. Considering that and the JF (definitely not a US stamp), I'd say a previous owner installed it.
Perhaps they were going for "JFC" before they realized it was an older 1903 stamp????

[Mike D]

The military never installed scant stocks on 1903A3s, not at rebuild either,

Scants were not used at rebuilds? Pretty sure they were used when rebuilding '03's and A3's.

From the looks of the area around the TG, the stock has been heavily sanded. With just one photo, I can't comment on the stamps.

Mike

[Randy A]

Scants were not used at rebuilds? Pretty sure they were used when rebuilding '03's and A3's.

From the looks of the area around the TG, the stock has been heavily sanded. With just one photo, I can't comment on the stamps.

Mike

Mike, I was referring to his 1903A3,, yes scants were used on 1903s and 1903A4s, but I am very certain that no 1903A3's ever came out of new production with scants, I have never seen or heard of a doccumented A3 (known correct) to come out of any rebuild arsenal with a scant either. I could be mistaken and it would certainly be news to me if they were, but I think this would be a good question for JB or RTL, I was hoping they would drop in.
I should specify on the 1903's also,,, only on Springfield (new) and they are scarce. No Remington 1903's came out in a scant from the factory. I think this was a topic a little while back, a guy at a gun show claimed to have an original Remington 1903A1 ($2500.00),,, from what I've found, such a thing never existed.

[Chuckindenver]

agree, i belive that the RA-P is a rebuild, and the other mark is Not military of origin.