A4 trigger guards

[Chuckindenver]

mine has no cut, just a small dent. barrel date on my rifle, is 7-43

[John Beard]

mine has no cut, just a small dent. barrel date on my rifle, is 7-43

Thanks for the barrel date. The date matches the serial number and is no indication that the rifle was held back in the Smith-Corona factory.

J.B.

[Mike Haas]

Chuck,

I have data on 13 original rifles between your rifle, S/N 4752306, and my first SC rifle with a padded trigger guard, S/N 4792931 with SC/9-43 barrel. And none of them have padded trigger guards. Unless your rifle's receiver was, for some reason, held back in the SC factory and assembled later, the trigger guard has been replaced.

What is the barrel date on your rifle? Please advise.

Thanks!

J.B.

JB - FYI - My rebuilt SC - 4800415 - Barrel 10/43 - RIA/EB Rebuild stamp on a SC stock. - Blue/black SC large bow TG with no pad. No "pad impression in the stock TG well. All other stock metal was 90%+ Remington except for handguard spring. General info only. HTH

[John Beard]

JB - FYI - My rebuilt SC - 4800415 - Barrel 10/43 - RIA/EB Rebuild stamp on a SC stock. - Blue/black SC large bow TG with no pad. No "pad impression in the stock TG well. All other stock metal was 90%+ Remington except for handguard spring. General info only. HTH

Virtually every design change has a serial number transition range. The SC transition range to padded trigger guard began at about S/N 4792931. So your rifle can easily fall in the transition range and be correct with a non-padded trigger guard. For example, I show S/N 4827882 had a non-padded trigger guard.

Hope this helps. Thanks for the info!

J.B.

[purple]

My 03A4,s/n 4998457,has the trigger gd with pad. This rifle does not appear to have been rebuilt.

[dozoclown]

My "A4" # 34100xx has a milled trigger guard. It is stamped with an R. I have had it since 1966 and bought it from a guy I think got it through the NRA.

[Hollywood]

Were milled guards ever used originally? I have an early(within frist 2000) A4 that has a milled guard as well.

[xarmor]

My A4 is in the 34084XX range with a barrel date of 1-43, it has a stamped small bow TG, obviously no pad

[John Beard]

Were milled guards ever used originally? I have an early(within frist 2000) A4 that has a milled guard as well.

I have found no evidence to indicate that milled trigger guards were ever factory-fitted to M '03-A4 rifles.

J.B.