Remington 1903A4

[JGaynor]

An original A4 barrel should not have the bright area near the muzzle they were parkerized.
Also original A4 barrels received a punch mark at the Remington factory, at 6 o'clock, under the parkerizing in the area where this one is so marked. It appears that a spare 03-A3 barrel has been mated to the original receiver and someone added the punch mark to make it look more correct.

This A4 was one of the last manufactured and most probably had a late middle version of the M73B1 telescopic sight with "click" adjustments.

Are there any indications this rifle may have been issued to a non-U.S. military?

Regards,

Jim

PS. You may be able to get a technical appraisal at the Home

(My father had a command post in Gilsdorf during the Bulge.)

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[Karel]

Hi guys, sorry for my delayed response, I've been in holiday for 1 week. Thanks for all your replies, they helped me a lot and confirm my concerns about this 1903a4. I will not buy this rifle. Hard to find a real one.

Cool, some guys have visited Luxemburg . When you are here, you must visit this museum, the best I've ever seen in Europe.

Home

I live 7 miles away from Gilsdorf !!! Terrifying combats in 1944 during the battle of the bulge.

Greetings Carlo

[TDH]

Didn't the A4's have the serial number restamped upside down on the left side of the receiver since the scope mount partially covered it?

[JGaynor]

Didn't the A4's have the serial number restamped upside down on the left side of the receiver since the scope mount partially covered it?

No.

The A4 nomenclature and s/n were moved left and right respectively so as not to be covered by the Redfield Jr. base. A4 serial numbers also used a slightly smaller font than did the M1903A3.

A4's were built from scratch using new receiver forgings and only stamped once.

[Chuckindenver]

parts gun at best, 5500 is top dollar for a put together. i know they are tough to get in Europe...but wow..
id sell you a nice original not messed with example for 4700.00 USD and you pay shipping and fees.. not that hard to get a gun imported

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the punch mark indicates being air gauged..