Originally Posted by
Johnny P
The red bands and caliber marking were crudely done and nothing more than a warning of caliber, and I would suspect a drop of paint just happened during painting.
Here are two Remington 1903 L-L rifles.
These were not Lend Lease rifles. The Brits paid for the development cost of resuming M1903 production and were "paid" in M1903s - about 66,000 of the Remingtons.
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