I just bought a 1903A3 Smith Corona Ser. # 48-----, barrel dated 10-43. The clip slots on the receiver are crude like a casting. Were aftermarket cast repro receivers marked like the mil. issued ones? I would think fed. rules would not allow copies to have the same #s as the mil. guns.
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cast receiver on a 1903A3
- Thread starter Midntstr
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SN is a lot easier to read with X not - and the more numbers the easier. Picture helps a lot.
That said, there were some after market 1903 receivers that were made as cast and are dangerous.
You will see SNs changed to accommodate it inside a known range and struck with Remington.
I am not in depth familiar with the details nor if someone has faked a SC though my recall it was REMS. I have seen a couple of pictures that were faked and it stands out.
Otherwise the receivers are over 5,000,000 and are not stamped with SC or REM.
Sans pictures and good detailed ones my guess is you have a real SC.
SN is a lot easier to read with X not - and the more numbers the easier. Picture helps a lot.
That said, there were some after market 1903 receivers that were made as cast and are dangerous.
You will see SNs changed to accommodate it inside a known range and struck with Remington.
I am not in depth familiar with the details nor if someone has faked a SC though my recall it was REMS. I have seen a couple of pictures that were faked and it stands out.
Otherwise the receivers are over 5,000,000 and are not stamped with SC or REM.
Sans pictures and good detailed ones my guess is you have a real SC.
What I am trying to convey is I have seen fakes that were clearly being used to convince someone it was a standard production 1903.
The views vary widely on how safe they are. I am conveying the more conservative view. There were two entities involved in the casting, one I believe was Yugoslavian and one US.
As noted to the OP, I don't believe he has a faked SC but pictures are worth a 1000 opinions.
The views vary widely on how safe they are. I am conveying the more conservative view. There were two entities involved in the casting, one I believe was Yugoslavian and one US.
As noted to the OP, I don't believe he has a faked SC but pictures are worth a 1000 opinions.