1903 Help, … John, Rick, Anybody?

[John Beard]

John, thanks much for the info!

Is it possible/probable that this 1903 saw action in WW2 after being rebuilt/overhauled by Remington, at least until Garand production got up to speed and the M1 became more widely distributed? … Or is it more likely it was simply put in storage after being re-built?

Your rifle was not overhauled by Remington. The most logical explanation for your rifle in its present configuration is that someone replaced the original Remington M1903 barreled receiver with the 1927 barreled receiver currently residing in it. One can only speculate who, why, and when the replacement was made, but obviously it was sometime after 1942. Under those circumstances, the rifle in its present configuration likely didn't seen much, if any action during WWII.

J.B.