Unissued M1903O3A3's

[John Beard]

ok,
well, i doubt any JROTC ever were issued M14,s maybe, and Garands very few, and were issued well after the 03,s and A3,s but doubltful.
however..
the JROTC were issued 1903A3,s and 1903,s for drill use. and the rifle were modified for drill use,, not demilled.
to demill, is to cut into 3 parts, modify for drill use, is to weld, and plug the bore so a live round cant be fired.
but,. yes, many many new unissued A3,s were modified for DP.
over the years iv seen many, that were still crispy, and likely had never seen DP duty as well.
some of the barreled receivers i got were still full of grease, and new original bolts that had been welded shut.,,what a shame.
but still, in the military eye. a 15.00 rifle is cheaper to modify, then buying new {toy} rifles at 18.00 per rifle..
most of those had location tags, from the CA ROTC highschool units..and never were issued, likely the stocks were removed for rifles in use...hard use.

The high school JROTC where my children attended had M14's.

J.B.