I've seen and had one CMPicon Greek return Remington 1903. It had a B stamped on the trigger guard and it was pinned shut with a brass pin. That was a Greek modification. What else did the Greeks do to the Lend Lease 03's and 03A3's? Did they refinish any. It seems that some of the ones I've seen are reparked with some different hues of green, grey and black. Does anyone know what exactly they did? Complete rebuild? Re park, re stock? I have an 03A3 stock that came from Greece and it was a mint straight stock with cross bolts and void of all markings. It did not have the front band hole drilled. It also needed some sanding in the barrel channel as it was too tight, and the front band would not go on. Not a big job, that's just how it came. I've seen numbers stamped on the butt of some of the returns, was that a Greek pratice? None of these rifles have import marks because they are return lend lease through the CMP.
So what is the real give way that they are Lend Lease returns? Is there any way to tell other than the CMP paper work or the B stamping? How will we be able to ID them from US rebuilds in the future when the paper work is lost and they have changed hands more that once? Does it matter? What's your opinion? I've pondered on this question for some time.
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