New Zealand Lend-Lease Remington 1903s

[Roy]

Hi P246, Would we be able to see pics of the bolt number on your NZ 03? the few Remington 03's ive seen in NZ do not have any extra stamps on the metal. Indeed Tristans one is the first ive seen.

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[P246]

Hi P246, Would we be able to see pics of the bolt number on your NZ 03? the few Remington 03's ive seen in NZ do not have any extra stamps on the metal. Indeed Tristans one is the first ive seen.

Sorry I missed this, Let me get it out of safe and get some pictures, might be a couple days due to work.

[sakorick]

I own 2 early Remington 1903's SN 3021131 and SN3004295. I picked up 3004295 about 11 years ago and knew it was special but had no clue. I was about this time I ran into John Beard and he has mentored me along the way. I't's not easy to restore one of these but I assume you guys know that. I struggled but managed to get about 90% of the parts and 3004295 had many original parts. Then I found a Boxed RLB stock and purchased a as new Hanguard from Dupage(he said he only had two left). Then things slowed down until a NZ marked 1903 popped up on the CMP auction SN 3021131. The bad new is that it was one of about 10 rifles used in funerals(Legion and VFW guns). The bore is very bad but other than than it became a free parts store for 3004295. So now at the end of the day I have a 90% correct 3021131 and a 100% correct 3004295 including the NZ marked stock. The stock was bashed around by whoever owned it. If you have ever been to a military burial conducted by the VFW or Legion they just carry the blank shooters in their trunk. Anyway the first 3 pictures are 21131 and the last 6 are 4295....the last picture shows the Lightening cut in 4295's trigger guard which was eliminated in 1-44 after the contract was amended. The bolt on the NZ rifle was never marked.