OG Stamped M1903-A3s

[nehalemguy]

How many groove barrel do these OG guns have?

Remington models were typically 2-groove. Smith Corona were typically 4-groove.

Early war production guns had 4-groove and 6-groove barrels but I do not know if any of the early models went to Ogden.

-E-

 

[orygun]

Remington models were typically 2-groove. Smith Corona were typically 4-groove.

Early war production guns had 4-groove and 6-groove barrels but I do not know if any of the early models went to Ogden.

-E-

The one I have is a Remington with a 4 groove. For some reason I believe the barrel is dated 43, but I don't remember. I took a bunch of stamp pics, but didn't take a pic of the barrel date.

 

[the apprentice]

That A3 looks nice! What make is the 1911A1?

-E-

1943 type 3 Rand the one in the lower left corner
DE2DEB1E-8759-46EC-A5C8-90B1F264D07D by Jeff Lee, on Flickr

 

[the apprentice]

What year is yours? And how many lands and grooves?

I think it's a late Fall 1943 with a 7/43 6 grove barrel never shot her she is a regulated safe queen bottom one is the Smith Carona
44D4E635-9432-4AAD-A677-C431281C781C by Jeff Lee, on Flickr

 

[1911Fanatic]

I think it's a late Fall 1943 with a 7/43 6 grove barrel never shot her she is a regulated safe queen bottom one is the Smith Carona
View attachment 222005944D4E635-9432-4AAD-A677-C431281C781C by Jeff Lee, on Flickr

Mine was hunted with, but very well taken care of. It has one small scratch on the wood and a little bit of wear on the bayonet lug. No OG stamp. Her grandfather shot reloads out of it. When we got it the barrel was so filthy that you couldn't really see the lands and grooves. Everything else was nice and clean on it.

The four groove was the most common barrel. The six and two groove less so. The rifle was otherwise nearly new looking. The scratch happened when my wife was transporting it. She didn't put it in the bass guitar case that I had sent her with. She wound up hitting the brakes, and there were two other rifles in the trunk with it.

One of the other rifles was a sporterized one with a scope that was her mother's hunting rifle. The other was her Anschutz that she used to compete with when she was a kid.

This is why I don't let her clean or handle guns other than when she is shooting them. Her dad didn't either. The bottom of the grip on her target rifle is all chewed up from shooting prone on the concrete without a mat. It's kinda sad really.

 

[the apprentice]

Mine was hunted with, but very well taken care of. It has one small scratch on the wood and a little bit of wear on the bayonet lug. No OG stamp. Her grandfather shot reloads out of it. When we got it the barrel was so filthy that you couldn't really see the lands and grooves. Everything else was nice and clean on it.

The four groove was the most common barrel. The six and two groove less so. The rifle was otherwise nearly new looking. The scratch happened when my wife was transporting it. She didn't put it in the bass guitar case that I had sent her with. She wound up hitting the brakes, and there were two other rifles in the trunk with it.

One of the other rifles was a sporterized one with a scope that was her mother's hunting rifle. The other was her Anschutz that she used to compete with when she was a kid.

This is why I don't let her clean or handle guns other than when she is shooting them. Her dad didn't either. The bottom of the grip on her target rifle is all chewed up from shooting prone on the concrete without a mat. It's kinda sad really.

Well she is a shooter so that makes her a keeper
Mine came out of a local hardware store that were selling for $25.00 per rifle in the 60's like I posted I bought it from the original owner for $ 250 about 32 years ago

 

[gmerkt]

There was also an inspector by the name of Ed Klouser at Ogden during the same period. According to John Beard, O.G.E.K. with dots inside a rectangle box was Elmer. OGEK sans dots with no box was Ed.

That sounds familiar and I'd forgotten it. That's where the rectangle makes a difference.