M1903-A3 by Nail Ord?
I went to a gun show today just to look around and saw a pair of nice looking 1944 M1903-A3s for sale. One was a Smith-Corona that had mostly Remington external parts and the other was made by "Nail Ord." that looked all correct and was the nicer of the two. I googled Nail Ord. and found nothing. Anyone familiar with this company?
Update- National Ordnance (Natl Ord) is the company. The receiver stamping was poorly struck. I found it on another forum that also incorrectly identified the OEM as "Nail Ord" because the stamping on the receiver of the rifle they were looking at was also poorly struck. NOW I can do some digging.
Update 2 - This company made 03-A3s from milsurp parts in the 1960s for the civilian market and were never issued for military service. No wonder I never heard of them.
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