Remington 03-A3 S/N Question

[JGaynor]

Very good info, but I asked once about my Rem 03-A3, Serial number places the receiver at March, 1943, while the Rem barrel is dated 11-43. What are the odds that this combo is original?

Bill, Two things to keep in mind:

1. 03-A3 production was averaging around 50 or 60 thousand rifles per month so one would expect some extra inventory of barrels but not 8 or 9 months.

2. Modern day serial number lists necessarily have been calculated using the actual number of rifles produced and shipped in a month and applying rules of thumbe regrading scrapped receivers etc.

hope this sheds a little more light.

Regards,

Jim