SRS Request on 03A3

[Merc]

Curious to know if SRS info exists on 03A3s. Mine is Remington 3726871 with a 4-43 RA barrel. (Just noticed it’s 75 years old this month.)

[cplnorton]

There aren't many listed

3723210 112743USS RENO (CL95)
3725544 112343REMINGTON (REJECTED BY USN)
3725544 112743USS RENO (CL95)
3727625 112343REMINGTON (REJECTED BY USN)
3727625 112743USS RENO (CL95)
3729238 07 45OSS SU DET 204 S&T KUNMING
3731692 112343REMINGTON (REJECTED BY USN)

[Merc]

It would make sense if this 03A3 was used by the Navy. There is no measurable wear in the bore, receiver or bolt, and the overall parkerized finish is almost undisturbed. Only the tips of the ears and small sections of the bolt are bare. The entire rifle was heavily coated in cosmo which had dried and took hours to remove. It’s an accurate shooter after extensive tinkering with the windage adjustment. It likely went through a refurb and acquired a nice Bonney Forge BF19 stamped bolt, a nicely parkerized extractor with a worn claw that would not extract a spent case, a Smith Corona butt plate and upper barrel band. It still wears the BF bolt but I replaced the other parts. I doubt the rebuilder tried to extract a spent case.