Hello. I recently fulfilled a dream several years in the making. I am now the proud owner of a very nice Remington 03-A3 rifle. Serial 3768044. Sharp and shiny 2-groove barrel dated 4-43 with R.A. and the flaming shell (with 2 punch marks in it). However, there are no markings whatsoever on the stock that I can see. The rifle is in excellent condition. It has some everyday wear but no signs of it being used on the battlefield. The dark gray parkerising looks to be a good 95% at least. The butt plate does look pretty rough, however.

I got to shoot it 3 times before i bought it. Was shooting at a 3 inch orange circle with a 1/2 inch black bullseye in the center at about 100 yds using old remington hunting rounds. First shot was at 11 o'clock 3 inches...the second down an inch from that(the primer blew out of the back of the shell on that one o.0)...for my last shot, I aimed off a bit and caught the bottom edge of the black bullseye. WOW! I was sold.

I got this from my girlfriend's uncle, and he got it from his uncle sometime in the 60s. He said his uncle had a basement gun shop and was very into all aspects of guns and shooting. He got several springfields in one time and my gf's uncle bought one. Now I have it.

I was told that the lack of markings on the stock meant that it was never issued, and from the condition of the rifle I do not find this very hard to believe. Of course, I suppose it could have just as easily been restocked after the war. Can anyone shed some light on this for me?

Thanks,
Chunga
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