FJA-the man and the 1,000,000th 1903a3

[m1903rifle]

There were two if you count the Z4,000,000 1903A4. From Brophy's book,pg.190: "Rifle serial number Z4,000,000 is a M1903A3 rifle which has a nicely engraved plate in the stock identifying it as the 1,000,000th 1903A3 rifle". Something is a little off here because Remington started making M1903's at serial number 3,000,000, and made about 365,000 of them. So, by serial number 4,000,000, there would have been only 635,000 of the M1903A3's made ( and about 99,000 of those were made by SC ). Brophy must have known where #4,000,000 was located because he used the present tense "is" instead of "was".

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[wtmr]

I just found foto of the gun's stock on page 184 of Brophys book--thanks ays it is SA Acc no 6312 its inscribed on stock so am assuming the gun is in inventory at Springfield Armory Museum --maybe that is where the pistol is

[wtmr]

Attachment 24319Attachment 24318 these came from page 183 and 184 of Brophy's Springfield 1903 book--gun is evidently in inventory at Springfield ARMORY Museum. I guess I know where the orig fotos showing him getting need to go. I doubt Obama gets to melt or scrap the guns there. Hunt for that one is over maybe!

[JGaynor]

There were two if you count the Z4,000,000 1903A4. From Brophy's book,pg.190: "Rifle serial number Z4,000,000 is a M1903A3 rifle which has a nicely engraved plate in the stock identifying it as the 1,000,000th 1903A3 rifle". Something is a little off here because Remington started making M1903's at serial number 3,000,000, and made about 365,000 of them. So, by serial number 4,000,000, there would have been only 635,000 of the M1903A3's made ( and about 99,000 of those were made by SC ). Brophy must have known where #4,000,000 was located because he used the present tense "is" instead of "was".

There may be three rifles with a 4,000,000 serial number.
A standard 03A3
the "Z" marked 03-A4
the "X" marked 03-A3 rifle that was presented to Col. Atwood (SPAR 6349)

Springfield Armory Museum - Collection Record,

regards,

Jim