1903A3 Remington new purchase

[Bearstopper]

Been wanting a Garand or an 03A3 and ran across the latter on another forum. The guy shipped it to me yesterday and I already received it today even though I hadn't even mailed him the money order until this morning. As an in same state shipment it could legally come directly to my door. I noticed a few "discrepancies" in the photos but it looked good enough for my purposes and novice eye but I wanted some input for the heck of it. It is mostly parked where it should be and blued where it should be with 3 possible exceptions, at least that I can tell. The knurled cocking piece is green parked where the rest of the bolt is blue, the bayonet band appears to be parked or the blue is gone one or the other as well as the stacking band. The 4 groove barrel is dated 12-43, very clean bore, and the original owner stated rifle was manufactured in Jan 44. The stock is very nice but I am unconvinced that it is original to this gun. It has the cross bolts that are the pin style, it has a boxed FJA in the normal location but I don't see anything else near it. On the bottom it has a P within a circle and a much fainter circle closer to the floor plate with what looks like an F in it but could be a repeat of the R stamp??? . Farthest behind the floor plate is what I would describe as an upside down V. In front of the floor plate are 3 stamps, one triangle, one rectangle, one circle and I cannot make out the numbers. And last and the real controversy is a heavy 4 digit stamp on the rear right side of the stock that does not match the serial number. serial number is 4177336 and the stock number is 6995. The stock looks way nicer in person with a darker more even color. I just wanted a nice shooter and I am happy with it as is but am interested in the details as usual. Link to original sale with pics.

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