Gun Show '03 Remington

[Devil Dog]

At a gun show this weekend I traded a '17 Enfield for an '03 Remington #3259968. This is a parkerized rebuild. The only (scant) stock markings are a three digit number on the rear of the top comb of the stock (does not match serial number) and on the left side below the bridge is stamped "RA-?". I cant read the last character after the dash.
The barrel (9-42) is import stamped CAI and it is counterbored about 1" deep at the muzzle. I will shoot it and see.
Any ideas on where it was re-imported from, the digit after the dash and who did the counterboaring?
Yea, I know....but the Enfield was not that nice.
T.I.A.

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[bandook]

It well may have been RA-P. I just sold one like that. You may also find that it is a 1903A3 scant stock. It turned out that mine was, though I got a 1903 rifle in it.

[Rick the Librarian]

No idea "from" but it was imported "by" Century Arms International (CAI).

[Chuckindenver]

id bet CAI did the muzzle work as well, they were famous for doing so.

[duggaboy]

hey Chuck, what is the counterbore all about, and does it hurt the value/shooting of the gun?

[Harlan (Deceased)]

id bet CAI did the muzzle work as well, they were famous for doing so.

Chuck,
I didn't know CAI did that often. I had a CAI M1 carbine with a HUGE counter bore. It was pretty accurate, but the counter bore looked awful.

[Mike D]

Counterbored because muzzle was worn out. Bore out so the last threads that touch the bullet are tighter than the ones that were at the end of the muzzle. Something like that.

[Emri]

It probably came from Korea. They never "used" the rifles we gave them for fighting, just for garrison duty. Probably never shot much, just cleaned from the muzzle daily with a GI steel cleaning rod for inspection.
I've seen more than one rifle from Korea that had a PERFECT bore and chamber, but the last inch or so of the rifling at the muzzle was non-existant from cleaning rod wear.

FWIW,

Emri

[Mike D]

Now that is a shame!

[Devil Dog]

You are probally right about the Koreans damaging the muzzle from cleaning from the muzzle end. We see a lot of Korean Garands with muzzles worn excessively, but they had to clean a Garand from the muzzle. Why would they clean and '03 from the muzzle?