1903 Remington Questions!

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  • Rick the Librarian
    Super Moderator
    • Aug 2009
    • 6700

    #16
    Which ones? Actually, the "best" were the 60-70 original ones I had a chance to see (and photograph) about five years ago. I took over 400 photographs! Like an alcoholic being given the keys to the liquor store!!

    I have 3,003,256 (pictured above), 3,024,801, 3,051,437 and 3,283,084.
    "We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst."
    --C.S. Lewis

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    • jerrbear
      Senior Member
      • Sep 2009
      • 121

      #17
      Would love to see some Rem 03 porn! I am sure I am not alone.

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      • Rick the Librarian
        Super Moderator
        • Aug 2009
        • 6700

        #18
        Without doubt the greatest exposure to Remington M1903 porn was my trip to examine a large number of original Remington M1903s about five years ago. There were a number of crates and we opened two of them, one with eight rifles the other with 12. These crates had been sealed since the British packed them up about 1954-55. I take NO responsibility for anyone's drool short-circuiting their computer keyboard!!

















        "We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst."
        --C.S. Lewis

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        • Rick the Librarian
          Super Moderator
          • Aug 2009
          • 6700

          #19
          Two more:



          "We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst."
          --C.S. Lewis

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          • TDP0311
            Senior Member
            • Nov 2013
            • 240

            #20
            That is so damn cool... The Red Star 1903s are as incredible a find as any.

            Rick, are any of your Remington 1903s USMC ones?

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            • jerrbear
              Senior Member
              • Sep 2009
              • 121

              #21
              OMG! You are killing me. You simply have too many. On your latest serial rifles, do they have milled or stamped butt plates?

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              • Rick the Librarian
                Super Moderator
                • Aug 2009
                • 6700

                #22
                These are NOT mine!! (Dang the luck!!) I simply examined them. I do have two Red Star rifles, but the ones pictured above belong to another lucky guy!
                Last edited by Rick the Librarian; 12-02-2013, 05:53.
                "We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst."
                --C.S. Lewis

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                • jerrbear
                  Senior Member
                  • Sep 2009
                  • 121

                  #23
                  Rick, What would be the correct butt plate for my rifle SN3290985, Milled or Stamped?

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                  • John Beard
                    Senior Member
                    • Aug 2009
                    • 2275

                    #24
                    Originally posted by jerrbear
                    Rick, What would be the correct butt plate for my rifle SN3290985, Milled or Stamped?
                    Stamped. But a milled Remington buttplate cannot be considered incorrect.

                    Hope this helps.

                    J.B.

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                    • Rick the Librarian
                      Super Moderator
                      • Aug 2009
                      • 6700

                      #25
                      As long as John Beard dropped by, I should mention that he wrote an excellent story on these Red Star rifles for an issue of "Man at Arms" a few years back. Of course he had a superlative photographer!!
                      Last edited by Rick the Librarian; 12-03-2013, 04:09.
                      "We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst."
                      --C.S. Lewis

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                      • John Beard
                        Senior Member
                        • Aug 2009
                        • 2275

                        #26
                        Originally posted by Rick the Librarian
                        Of course he had a superlative photographer!!
                        AMEN to that!

                        J.B.

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                        • Kragrifle
                          Senior Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 1161

                          #27
                          The FJA cartouche on this rifle is different in some I have seen. Is this a good cartouche, or a fake? Are there different styles of cartouches on Remington 1903's as originally produced?

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                          • Rick the Librarian
                            Super Moderator
                            • Aug 2009
                            • 6700

                            #28
                            There are "boxed" and "unboxed". We would have to see pictures of the inspection stamp to tell whether it is legitimate or not.
                            "We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst."
                            --C.S. Lewis

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                            • jerrbear
                              Senior Member
                              • Sep 2009
                              • 121

                              #29
                              Rick, What inspection stamps are you looking for. No pics but there are the 4 symbols with numbers in front of the TG that you see on a Remington stock.

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                              • Rick the Librarian
                                Super Moderator
                                • Aug 2009
                                • 6700

                                #30
                                I was referring to the FJA stamp that Kragrifle mentioned in the post before.

                                The markings you mention are subinspection stamps from the manufacture process. Early on, they were just that - symbols - later in Remington M1903 production (and throughout M1903A3 production), they were numbers inside geometric symbols, like squares, circles, etc. I can post sample pictures, if needed.
                                "We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst."
                                --C.S. Lewis

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