03 safe to shoot?

[olskool]

i know this has been beat to death but i don't want to be blown to death. i have a chance to buy a o3 springfield with sel. no. 829xxx is it safe to shoot?

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[Rick the Librarian]

Yes, that is "above the cutoff", which is @ 800,000.

[olskool]

thank you sir, i new it was close.

[bailiff]

Is there a proof mark on the 03's that show that they were re- heat treated?

[Rick the Librarian]

No, as was mentioned in another thread, the "re-heat treat" receivers were only done to a relatively few receivers as a test. (100-500). To my knowledge, there was no distinguishing mark.