Why U.S. Govt Still Making 03/A3's in 1944?

[Durango56]

There's an article in American Rifleman that says Remington made 707,629 and Smith-Corona made 234,580 03A3 in WWII

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[Hammer]

There's an article in American Rifleman that says Remington made 707,629 and Smith-Corona made 234,580 03A3 in WWII

I just read that outstanding article that Bruce Canfield did some years ago. His article says Remington stopped making 03A3s in February 1944, but my Remington barrel is marked August 1944?

[1903Collector]

Total Remington production was 1,056,276 rifles, which included about 345,000 M1903 and M1903 (modified), about 711,276 M1903A3, and just 26,653 M1903A4 (short of the 28,365 ordered). Reference http://www.remingtonsociety.org.
Smith-Corona’s production contract was cancelled on Feb. 19, 1944, by which time the firm had manufactured 234,580 M1903A3s.
The two best collector's reference books (in my opinion) by J.C. Harrison, and Poyer, provide monthly production numbers info for SA, RIA, RA & SC 1903, 1903A1, M1903, M1903 (modified), M1903A3 and M1903A4 (RA only) rifles.