Recently, my family was given an old gun that used to be my great uncles. He was a WWII vet and qualified as an expert rifleman from the tales I have been told. Anyway, we now have what looks like a 1903 Springfield rifle, but I'm not 100% sure. Here is a brief description. Its a bolt action rifle with the following markings on the reciever. U.S. REMINGTON Model 03-A3 Serial Number 4120XXX. It has a very nice looking adjustable rear peep sight with an open blade front sight. Also, underneath the rifle behind the trigger guard is a letter "p" with a circle around it stamped in the stock. Also, on the left side of the stock is stamped "RA" then a strange circular symbol, then "FJA" in a box.
The rifle is in Excellent condition, with 100% of the bluing intact as well as almost perfect wood (only one small ding in an otherwise perfect stock) So here are my questions:
1. Is this a 03 springfield that is just made by remington?
2. Is this rare, or fairly common?
3. What is the approximate value?
4. would shooting it hurt it's value?
Any other background info would be GREATLY appreciated.. as you can tell, I know nothing about springfields!
The rifle is in Excellent condition, with 100% of the bluing intact as well as almost perfect wood (only one small ding in an otherwise perfect stock) So here are my questions:
1. Is this a 03 springfield that is just made by remington?
2. Is this rare, or fairly common?
3. What is the approximate value?
4. would shooting it hurt it's value?
Any other background info would be GREATLY appreciated.. as you can tell, I know nothing about springfields!