1903A3 I just found at friends home.

[Harry aka Cowboy]

Oldguns, for some reason has the fact that ALL M1903A3s were made in "1942" and ALL Remington M1903s were "1941". Only a relative handful were manufactured in those respective years.

Use Vishooter's website - MUCH more accurate.

The rifle dates to about October, 1943 and the barrel is probably original.

Rdavis I think if you go to Vishooters as Rick suggests you will find a wealth of info like i did. You will also find your rifle was actually built arounf Novermber 1943 based on the best estimates. It sure looks like you have an original barrel from the correct time frame. Rick is a great resource he has helped me immensly I hope this helps you so I can pay back a bit from what I have learned from Rick.

[jem102]

I checked with the Remington Collector Society posting for 1903a3 on our forum site and it indicates a receiver date of aproximatly October of 1943. I beleive would correspond with the barrel dated a month prior. I remember reading a post from Rick the Librarian indicating barrels can at times precede receiver dates by a couple of months. But as always I defer to those who may have more info. from another site that they can direct me to.
Thanks for comments.

first 1903A3 to be delivered was Dec of 42, a while before that one was built.
Sept of 43 is likely the correct date , and the original barrel for that rifle,
looks pretty nice..

My A3 is fairly close to yours (4081065) which also shows as a 1942 receiver. My barrel is dated 10/43.

I have #4066575 with a barrel date of 9-43 which I assume is correct as well.

[Rick the Librarian]

My A3 is fairly close to yours (4081065) which also shows as a 1942 receiver. My barrel is dated 10/43.

Nope - the source you are using is incorrect. Your receiver was serialized in Nov-Dec. 1943.