Z SERIES 03A4

[ed skeels]

Noticed a Z series 03A4 on Gunbroker for sale. Never saw one before.
Can some one please educate me on what they are?
At $7700 they must be something special!
Thanks
Ed

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[Lee Enfield]

1903A4 specific serial number block

[waco16]

Duplicate serial numbers at Remington with A3 and A4 production - a 'Z' was added to the A4 duplicate numbers to differentiate with the A3 rifles allocated the same number

[Promo]

Duplicate serial numbers at Remington with A3 and A4 production - a 'Z' was added to the A4 duplicate numbers to differentiate with the A3 rifles allocated the same number

I think the Z prefix was added to both, at least I think I remember a board member here once posted a 03A3 from the "double block" with the Z prefix. Brophy even pictures rifle serial Z 4.000.000 which was presented to Col. Frank J. Atwood on 4th January 1944 with a plate inside the stock (SA Acc No 6312)

[ed skeels]

Thank You!

[mark1]

Remington used a "Z" and Smith Corona used a "C". It was not only the A4's but the A3's as well. I have 2 Remington A3's with a Z prefix.

[Promo]

Remington used a "Z" and Smith Corona used a "C". It was not only the A4's but the A3's as well. I have 2 Remington A3's with a Z prefix.

Thanks for confirming what I had remembered! Would you be able to post a picture of a service 03A3 rifle with the Z prefix?

[728shooter]

Remington used a "Z" and Smith Corona used a "C". It was not only the A4's but the A3's as well. I have 2 Remington A3's with a Z prefix.

Just for clarification, (since the topic of this thread 1903a4 sniper rifles), Smith-Corona never made a 1903a4 rifle. The government contract for all 1903a4 sniper rifles went exclusively to Remington.

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[mark1]

These are the two with the Z.

[728shooter]

Mark1--

Interesting that your "Z" prefix A4's have the "Z" stamped over the serial numbers and the "Z" appears to be in a smaller font. Also interesting that Remington records state that the Z prefix sniper rifles started with serial number 4,000,001 and ended with s/n 4,002,980 for a total production run of only 2,980 rifles with the "Z" prefix. Yours are in the 3,000,000 range. Hate to say it but I think that your rifles are fake "Z" prefix A4's, where someone added the "Z" above the serial number to try & make them more valuable. Hope you didn't pay too much for them, as their value just dropped because someone altered them.

I'm attaching a pic of my original 1903A4 for comparison:

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