1944
With the serial number that you have supplied,your Smith-corona model 1903A3 was made in the year 1943.these rifles were only made in the years 1943-1944.If your rifle has a letter C prefix to the serial number,then this indicates that remington also made a model 1903A3 with the same serial number. These were the only 2 manufactures of the 1903A3 rifles.
It was made in February of 1943.
your serial number 33486 is to low for the 1903a3 serial number range. however, the Remington model of 1917, serial number 33486 was made in 1918............. The 1903a3 and the model of 1918 both fire the 30/06 cartridge.................
With the serial number that you have provided,your Remington model 1903A3 was made in the year 1942.The first serial number assigned to this rifle was serial number 3,348,086,So as you can see yours was made early on in World War II.
The Model 1903A3 rifle is base upon the Mauser 98 action but they are not exactly the same.
With that serial I would suspect that to be late 1944 I didn't think numbers went that high and it's probably a 1903A4 Sniper. Is there a 12-43 or a 1-44 on the barrel?
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Serial number 3273324 regards an early war (1941) built Remington Model 1903 Service Rifle, in caliber 30-06. Remington 1903A3 productions did not begin until 1942 dated to serial number 3348086 and higher.
Without a detailed description of all marks and condition, the broad range would be 150-700 USD.
All remington made springfield model 1903A3,s were produced by remington from october of 1941 thru Jan. of 1944.
how do I de-code my model/serial#? model # E4BRCIC and serial # E0001509
The Garand rifle is a semiauto, not a bolt action. Do you have a Model 1903A3 bolt action? A Model 1917 bolt action?