1903's built in 1944?

[garrettbragg12]

I'm looking to see what (if any) companies were still manufacturing 1903's (or any variants) in 1944? My
Carbine (Inland) and Garand (Springfield) were both built in late '44, and I'm hoping to add an '03 made in '44. Any help would be much appreciated!


M1/M3 Carbine: late '44 Inland
M1 Garand: late '44 Springfield

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[ABPOS]

My O3A3 was built in 43, so I would guess they were made in 44 also.

[Mike D]

There are some very late A3 rifles made in early '44. Production stopped in Feb. of that year.

There were plenty of '03's rebuilt in that year, but no new production.

If you want a '44 dated '03, just get a rebuild. Plenty of nice '03's with excellent '44 dated HS barrels out there.

[Rick the Librarian]

Roughly all M1903A3s from about s/n 4,150,000 and up were built in Jan or Feb., 1944. The problem is that the last production barrel (i.e. not made for overhaul) was 12-43; there are some people who say 1-44 barrels were made for production.

[garrettbragg12]

Roughly all M1903A3s from about s/n 4,150,000 and up were built in Jan or Feb., 1944. The problem is that the last production barrel (i.e. not made for overhaul) was 12-43; there are some people who say 1-44 barrels were made for production.

Thanks for the production number! Now I know what to look for at gun shows!


M1/M3 Carbine: late '44 Inland
M1 Garand: late '44 Springfield

[Randy A]

My O3A3 was built in 43, so I would guess they were made in 44 also.

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[ABPOS]

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I was just assuming production went into 44. And I guess I was correct. Although I didn't realize it ended so early. That's all I meant by it. I didn't know for sure which is why I used the word "guess". I wiki'd it after I said it and that wasn't definitive when they stopped production. I figured others would state the facts though. I guess I should've not said anything. Ooops. Sorry.

[emmagee1917]

No problem finding one , Vi's page says production went on until June-ish of '44.
Everyone's forgetting that 'A4s are a variant , too.
Hummmm.....Vi also says the June-ish produced guns wore 12-43 and 1-44 bbls . What's up with that ? Floor sweapings ? End of run clean-up ? Chart error ?
Chris

[JGaynor]

No problem finding one , Vi's page says production went on until June-ish of '44.
Everyone's forgetting that 'A4s are a variant , too.
Hummmm.....Vi also says the June-ish produced guns wore 12-43 and 1-44 bbls . What's up with that ? Floor sweapings ? End of run clean-up ? Chart error ?
Chris

Nope what Rick suggested was that components like barrels that had the date of manufacture stamped on them had to be made well ahead of the rifles actual assembly.

Clark Campbell's last book has a reproduction of an original Remington document that shows some 37822 A3's assembled (and 42,023 shipped) in January 44. In Feb 20,560 were assembled and 21,018 were shipped,
No A3 rifles were assembled after that but 3556 were shipped in March and 200 in April.

A4 assembly was essentially done in April. A relative handful were built in May and June and shipping finally completed in August when the last of the Weaver scopes trailed in.

Regards,
Jim

[slamfire1]

Hatcher's Notebook says the last Smith-Corona was serial # 4,845,831 and it was made 19 Feb 1944.

Remington made 03's, about 348,000 of them, till the M1903A3 was approved 21 May 1942.

An all correct Remington 03 is a hard rifle to find. An all correct 03 is a hard rifle to find, rebuilds are far more common.