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oneshot onekill · May 21, 2011, 07:41 AM

I got the year of 1942 from oldguns.net. I don't know about the other sites out there but oldguns.net has always been my go-to site for US Military rifle dates. There is a Remington model that would have a manufacture year of 1943 with that serial number but it's the 1903A4...

"All Remington 1903A4 production was in 1943 and fell between serial numbers 3407088 and 4998320. Remington made all 29,964 Model 1903A4 rifles. 1903A4 receivers were all marked MODEL 03-A3, but the markings are offset to be readable when the Redfield Junior scope mount base is installed. Some but not all Remington 1903A4 serial numbers have a Z prefix. Model 1903A4 rifles fall in three serial number blocks: 3407088 to 34427087, 4992001 to 4999045, and Z4000000 to Z4002920. It is speculated but not verified that scrapped receivers which were recovered had a letter 'A' hand stamped before the serial number."

Cheers,
John

May 21, 2011, 07:41 AM	#7
oneshot onekill Senior Member Join Date: May 24, 2010 Posts: 166	I got the year of 1942 from oldguns.net. I don't know about the other sites out there but oldguns.net has always been my go-to site for US Military rifle dates. There is a Remington model that would have a manufacture year of 1943 with that serial number but it's the 1903A4... "All Remington 1903A4 production was in 1943 and fell between serial numbers 3407088 and 4998320. Remington made all 29,964 Model 1903A4 rifles. 1903A4 receivers were all marked MODEL 03-A3, but the markings are offset to be readable when the Redfield Junior scope mount base is installed. Some but not all Remington 1903A4 serial numbers have a Z prefix. Model 1903A4 rifles fall in three serial number blocks: 3407088 to 34427087, 4992001 to 4999045, and Z4000000 to Z4002920. It is speculated but not verified that scrapped receivers which were recovered had a letter 'A' hand stamped before the serial number." Cheers, John