Curious about Remington 1903A3

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Attachment 31434Attachment 31435Attachment 31436Attachment 31437Attachment 31438Attachment 31439Wondering if anyone can help me understand what the history of this rifle might be. I bought it many years ago at a show in Medicine Hat, Alberta where a guy had several like it that he said had been simply cleaned of storage grease. Serial number is 3,503,414 from Remington. It appears to possibly never have been shot as the bore is like a mirror, the parkerized reciever has no wear marks, and the stock only has a few storage dings. Being used to Lee Enfields with abundant markings on the metal, I'm intrigued by the lack of marks on this rifle. I have taken a few photos that show the few marks I can find that are not obvious Remington marks and wonder if anyone has any thoughts about whether this rifle was issued to any organization or simply put in storage. The photos show a star-like form on the right side of the knox-form, the characters A28/V midway down the barrel, a pair of faint characters adjoining the barrel indexing mark, and a funny banana shape on the left of the barrel about one inch in front of the knox-form. Thanks, in advance, for any thoughts.

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