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    Question 03 History help please

    I got a Springfield Arsenal 03 recently. Arsenal rebuilt with circle a barrel dtd. 9/43, scant stock. Serial num. 847561, anyone know how I can find out where this rifle may have been to?
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    If the barrel has an RA stamp over the date, it was installed by a previous civilian owner.

    Records on individual rifles are pretty hard to come by.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bigdummy View Post
    I got a Springfield Arsenal 03 recently. Arsenal rebuilt with circle a barrel dtd. 9/43, scant stock. Serial num. 847561, anyone know how I can find out where this rifle may have been to?
    I’m guessing the circle has an “S” in it, would be Sedgley. Request an SRS check. Maybe you’ll get lucky!

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    Your 1903 barrel markings

    Dose your barrel have this stamp S in circle ?

    I heard not much chance of a USMC rebuild after 1942Attachment 121632

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