Possibly all original 1903A3?

[sakorick]

Looks good to me. Can't read the barrel date month....should be about a 2-43. Take it apart very carefully and clean it with gun oil or Blue wonder....don't use steel wool just an abrasive pad. Clean the stock with DA and give it a few coats of Raw linseed oil. Put it back together carefully and use the proper screwdrivers on all screws. If you use an improper screwdriver, you will bugger the screws badly. If you raise the rear sight you should see the R, the buttplate or cubby door will have an R on the inside and the band spring has one also. . The follower and spring are also R marked. Regards, Rick.

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[garrettbragg12]

Looks good to me. Can't read the barrel date month....should be about a 2-43. Take it apart very carefully and clean it with gun oil or Blue wonder....don't use steel wool just an abrasive pad. Clean the stock with DA and give it a few coats of Raw linseed oil. Put it back together carefully and use the proper screwdrivers on all screws. If you use an improper screwdriver, you will bugger the screws badly. If you raise the rear sight you should see the R, the buttplate or cubby door will have an R on the inside and the band spring has one also. . The follower and spring are also R marked. Regards, Rick.

The barrel date is a 3-43! Thank you so much for your input! I'll check those areas! Do you have any idea what the cartouches near the trigger guard stand for?


M1/M3 Carbine: late '44 Inland
M1 Garand: late '44 Springfield

[sakorick]

The barrel date is a 3-43! Thank you so much for your input! I'll check those areas! Do you have any idea what the cartouches near the trigger guard stand for?


M1/M3 Carbine: late '44 Inland
M1 Garand: late '44 Springfield

Those are Technical Inspectors marks. From what I've gleaned, Inspectors were assigned numbers and squares, triangles or circles. I noticed that inspector 77's mark is in the wood and on the action of your rifle. He was a square! The FJA cartouche is the final acceptance by LTC Frank J Atwood the Ordnance District Commander at the time(he really never inspected anything) and the Ordnance cartouche is the Army's acceptance mark. The circle P on the wrist is the proof mark that shows it was test fired and passed. On German Mausers these are called Waffenamts and were a real fancy WaA with the inspector's number under a stylized eagle. The British proof marks are also fancy letters under a crown. Inspection marks are interesting pieces of the rifle's history and a study unto itself. Regards, Rick.

[garrettbragg12]

Looks good to me. Can't read the barrel date month....should be about a 2-43. Take it apart very carefully and clean it with gun oil or Blue wonder....don't use steel wool just an abrasive pad. Clean the stock with DA and give it a few coats of Raw linseed oil. Put it back together carefully and use the proper screwdrivers on all screws. If you use an improper screwdriver, you will bugger the screws badly. If you raise the rear sight you should see the R, the buttplate or cubby door will have an R on the inside and the band spring has one also. . The follower and spring are also R marked. Regards, Rick.

Forgot to ask! What is DA?


M1/M3 Carbine: late '44 Inland
M1 Garand: late '44 Springfield