Need help identifying the year of manufacture and possible value of an 03A3

[JGaynor]

dgp..An interesting side note. during WW2 the ordnance dept assigned blocks of serial numbers to the contractors Remington and Smith Corona. The serial number range 4,000,001 to 4.015,000 was intended to be used for the production of M1903A4 sniper's rifles. Due to an oversight production of standard M1903A3's ran into the serial number range assigned to the A4. When it was discovered about 3000 A4 receivers had been made with duplicate serial numbers which were then remarked with a leading "Z".

so your rifle is one of the oddballs that "shouldn't have been".

Regards,

Jim
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[dgp1000]

Hi Jim,

That is very interesting, I wonder if that means it has an A4 twin out there somewhere with a Z after the same serial number?

Is there anyway to tell if the barrel has A4 characteristics?

Thanks for the info,
David.

[JGaynor]

Hi Jim,

That is very interesting, I wonder if that means it has an A4 twin out there somewhere with a Z after the same serial number?

Is there anyway to tell if the barrel has A4 characteristics?

Thanks for the info,
David.

Unfortunately A4 Z4000158 was one of 500 or so that were destroyed during the 90's.
Regards,
Jim