New to me 1903a3 Remington

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Lancebear,
Thanks.

It's a straight stock.
No cracks, dowels / fixes are apparent.
I've been doing some more searching on the web and found some s/n lists.
The barrel dates 7-42, and the receiver s/n dates in the group for '42, but another list has groups by month, and shows my s/n in Jan '43 - about mid group for that month.

Just looked, and it was Vishshooter's list by month I found.

At the shop, one gent said that original barrels ran about 4 month or so earlier date wise than the receivers they were put on.
That would make mine 4-5 months depending on the s/n list by month.


Looking with a bright flashlight....

Yes, the trigger guard looks blued, but worn, maybe as good as 70%, or as low as 50% at worst.
The magazine plate matches exactly.

It seems the safety and the assy on the rear of the bolt that safety is in, is park, grey. Very complete, 80-90%

The actual bolt and handle are blued, looks 80%

Looking at the barrel, near the barrel band and near the front sight mount and blade, it looks park grey (like the safety and bolt housing assy the safety is in) then fading into the stretch of barrel inbetween the front sight mount, which looks "dark green", like a patina.
Seems the finish is less than I 1st thought, now looking real close with a bright flash light. Looks like less than 30% if it is suppose to be a grey park.

The over all receiver looks like this dark green patina , when looking at it with the flash light. Almost like it has a layer of BLO or something on it.

Found the same thing on the knob end of the bolt, but it easily comes off with the finger nail, showing the blueing.
Like a build up of oil or wax.
Too thin to be cosmoline.
But doesn't come off the receiver.

I'm wondering if the constant application of RLO or BLO, someone built up a coating on the receiver?

I hope to get pictures in the bright sun, this week, when I'm not on the road.

Under normal room light, and in the shop (which I thought was "bright"), and out side (overcast day), it just looked like a dark blueing, not this dark green with the flash light (cheap LED flash light).

The grey park on the rear safety assy of the bolt is very evident, and grey and very complete.
Other than the R's all over the place on parts of the bolt and such, I didn't find any numbers , like found on the Garand bolts.

The grey park on the safety and it's assy housing, is the same color the areas left on the front sight blade and mount, and areas on the barrel close to the barrel band and front sight mount.


Sorry for the delay in the pix..
Thanks for the discussion.
Looking forward to learning / discovering more.