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Does anyone have a selection of pictures of typical 1903/1903A3 Benicia Arsenal rebuild stamps? I need for comparison...I believe the Benicia Arsenal "BA" is larger than the typical "OGEK", "AA", "RRA" cartouches typically seen on a post WWII rebuild. I am trying to verify that is true. Any help would be appreciated.
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Last edited by SPEEDGUNNER; 02-09-2016, 10:05."There's a race of men that don't fit in,
A race that can't stay still;
So they break the hearts of kith and kin,
And they roam the world at will." - Robert Service -
The only one that I have.
"The first gun that was fired at Fort Sumter sounded the death-knell of slavery. They who fired it were the greatest practical abolitionists this nation has produced." ~BG D. Ullman -
"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. LewisComment
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Thanks. Are the Benicia stamps always in the horizontal format shown "BA-XX"? Would they ever be
BA
XX
with the XX being two numerals as opposed to letters?"There's a race of men that don't fit in,
A race that can't stay still;
So they break the hearts of kith and kin,
And they roam the world at will." - Robert ServiceComment
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"The first gun that was fired at Fort Sumter sounded the death-knell of slavery. They who fired it were the greatest practical abolitionists this nation has produced." ~BG D. UllmanComment
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Yes, there were those in "two stage" format" - post-WWII.
I've studied the POD stamp - Philippine Ordnance Depot, pre-WWII - and virtually all of the stocks also had a Benecia Arsenal stamp, as well. It appears that any rifles sent to the Philippines were inspected and prepared for shipment at Benecia Arsenal."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. LewisComment
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POD stamp
Here is a photo of the POD rebuild stamp that Rick was talking about in the above postP1010034_1_0030_030.jpgComment
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FWIW. the large horizontal format stamp, such as [BA-WJ] is common on Krags as well as 1903s. Personally, I have never seen a vertical format version.Comment
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Both the BA over JPL in a box and BA over CAB in a box were used by Benicial Arsenal - mostly found on M1 rifle & carbine stocksComment
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