Another 1903/A3 cartouche question

[oldmartins]

I've looked at as many posts as I can find and am starting to see cross-eyed so thought I'd post this one myself.
I saw what seems to me to be an early A3, serial number 3039863, seems correct, should it
have FJA's cartouch? It seems to be a transitional rifle in that it was early enough to have some features of the '03 and others associated with the A3. I'm assuming that all A3's were FJA's responsibility but wanted to check. This one just made me think. It's clean but sanded
off all markings. I have no problem with that as it's not a collector rifle but curiosity got the
best of me and I thought I'd ask.
I've owned 03's, this seems like a much lighter gun, I expect it would feel like it when firing it as well.
Thanks for all the good information here. If I missed this information posted previously, please point me in the right direction.
Thanks
Bruce "Oldmartins"

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