1903A4

[Hal O'Peridol]

I recently purchased 3 1903A4's from an estate, all are RIA rebuilds, each with a different level of 'rebuilding'

None had the restamped A4. I guess Rock Island did not do that.

[Sunray]

Mine likes Hornady 168 grain Match HPBT's with IMR4064. It also came with no scope, eons ago. Paid $175Cdn for it in the early 80's. Put a Bushnell 2.5 to 8 Scopechief on it. Original scopes ran $200US at the time and weren't readily available. It'll shoot one hole groups off a bench at 100 if I do my part.
"...having the last 3 in 03-A3 marked out..." One of the main indicators of a 'fake' as I recall.

[Johnny P]

The 03-A4's I have seen (pictures) with the last 3 marked out and a 4 added had the correct 03-A4 offset receiver markings.

[Sunray]

I'd have to look at mine, but there's no '4' as I recall.

[Kragrifle]

One of these rifles just showed up on Gunbroker marked 03A3. Could this be a real 03A4?

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I guess a better question would be are all rifles with the offset 03A3 receiver markings real 03A4’s?

[Johnny P]

While both the receiver of the 03-A3 and 03-A4 are marked 03-A3, they are in different locations. The markings on the 03-A4 are offset so that they aren't under the scope base.

[Sunray]

"...a real 03A4?..." There's a known S/N range. Between serial numbers 3407088 and 4998320 is real. And Remington made in 1943 only.