Springfield 1903, Remington manufacture

[Kraven251]

I inherited a 1903 that was manufactured by Remington in 1942. Based on the serial number it is one of the first runs of the 1903 that Remington produced. While I don't want to part with the rifle, I was hoping to find out its value. I have done a considerable amount of web research but that takes me so far. Unfortunately, most of the rifles I have to compare it to have been sporterized or some other modification, or just are not representative of the rifle I have...so I'm stuck. It is factory, missing the cleaning kit, and appears to have an armory stamp on the receiver. Is there anyone in the Denver area that any of you would recommend for appraising the value of the rifle? or just telling me more about it.

Post corrected for bad manufacture date...because I can't read, thanks spqrzilla for catching that.

[StagLefty]

I found 1 reference to contacting Remington and they could tell you.

[sneakerd]

Post pics, I know quite a bit about 03s.

[Kraven251]

I'll get some pics together shortly, bounced my camera off the basement floor and should have it back this week. If only they made cameras out of 7075-t7.

[zteknik]

Would Brophy's book on the 1903 have it listed in there?

[spqrzilla]

That doesn't make sense to me, my recollection was that by then they were making 1903A3's and had been making 03's for a couple of years. What serial number do you have? When you say its 1943, is that a barrel date?

[zteknik]

My sporterized Remington 03,not an A3 has a 42 dated barrel with a 3000000 serial number range.
It's a shame the thing is pristine.At least whoever did it didn't bubba it all up.Removed the rear sight sleeve ,drilled and tapped for scope mounts and it had a decent Boyds stock on it.
Had to change the stock due to a crack running through the grip.I'd love to find a nice composite stock for it.

[Kraven251]

That doesn't make sense to me, my recollection was that by then they were making 1903A3's and had been making 03's for a couple of years. What serial number do you have? When you say its 1943, is that a barrel date?

Apparently I have a reading problem, Manufacture 3-42. serial is in this range 1942‑3000001‑3348085. Sorry for the confusion, some days the brain works better than others.

[spqrzilla]

Ah, no prob. Not like I've ever had a typo ...

[drowe44]

Try the "CMP Bolt Action Rifles" section of the CMP forum at http://forums.thecmp.org/. These guys specialize in 1903s. They will be able to go over all the specifiec features and give you a value estimate. They will want pictures though.