Remington M1903 New Zealand Marked 3005740

[Kragrifle]

Very nice!

[John Beard]

Seasons' Greetings!

You have a splendid rifle. And it is indeed a Kiwi Remington. In case you're interested, the bolt assembly, magazine cutoff, and rear sight assembly have been replaced with parts from much later non-Kiwi rifles.

Thanks for sharing! And Happy New Year!

J.B.

[p246]

Thanks JB, I new the bolt was not due to the electro pencil 0334. It should have had the KIWI number stamped on the stock stamped into it. As a side note most of my British No 4 Kiwi's lost their original bolt along the way so I'm not surprised this one did. The only one that stayed together was the No 4 I posted the same day as this rifle.

Magazine cut off I thought might be because if memory serves it should be blued, is that correct.

The rear sight assembly I did not catch.

Once I ungreased it I knew it was not the original grease based on what you have pointed out and obvious handling marks on the stock. It would be interesting to find out if it went anywhere else after the Kiwi's were done with it but as with most we will never know.

[Truman]

FWIW Many of these NZ Rem O3s came from CMP Via the Greek rifles they received. Mine was covered in a pink grease that was a bear to clean off. It was all original except the milled trigger guard had been replaced with a A3 version. An interesting rifle with much history. Truman

[p246]

FWIW Many of these NZ Rem O3s came from CMP Via the Greek rifles they received. Mine was covered in a pink grease that was a bear to clean off. It was all original except the milled trigger guard had been replaced with a A3 version. An interesting rifle with much history. Truman

Interesting....I'll probably never find out for sure. This appeared to be regular brown cosmoline on this gun. What was in the barrel and action was still moist, but what was open to the air on the stock was very dry. The dry stuff was a PITA to get off.