When was my Remington M1903 Modified made?

[John Beard]

An older brother (Retired Army) gave me the rifle probably 17 years ago. It came in a CMP box, but he told me it didn't come from the CMP. The s/n is 3,351,xxx. I have it in my records as made in '43, but after looking at an article clipped from the American Rifleman a few years back, I'm thinking 1942 is probably correct. I searched a bit before starting a new thread and found this link that seems to verify '42:

http://www.vishooter.net/R03.txt

Do most of you guys agree with that as being correct? Thanks! - Bob

Your rifle was probably assembled at Remington in January, 1943. Barrel dates frequently preceded final assembly by about a month.

J.B.

---------- Post added at 10:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:57 PM ----------

Thanks for the post…Now I am in the same boat with my Smith Corona 4,786,xxxx with barrel date 9/43. The NPS site and others lists just 1944 as the manufacture year (no month given) yet the vishooter.net link you posted shows mine as a 10/43 manufacture date. I also wonder why the difference.

The vishooter site is more accurate as amended by my immediately preceding posting.

J.B.