What is the value and history of a Remington bolt action 30-06 serial 3918617?

Answer 1

S/N 3918617 is an M1903A3 rifle. The receiver should read: U.S. Remington Model 03-A3 3918617 The M1903A3 rifles were a simplified version of the earlier M1903 rifle primarily made by Springfield Armory and Rock Island Arsenal. Many of the metal parts were changed from milled to stamped to speed up production, and the complicated rear leaf sight on the front of the receiver was changed to a simpler, easier to use peep sight mounted on the rear of the receiver. Remington produced these rifles from late 1942 up until February or so of 1944. Your particular rifle would have been made in September of 1943. Value is impossible to determine accurately without good clear pictures of the rifle at the very least. There are a number of factors which would drive this - whether the rifle has been modified from its military configuration (i.e. 'sporterized'), whether the rifle has its original Remington parts, whether the rifle has been refinished, etc. An unmolested, original finish Remington M1903A3 in good condition will be worth around $750-900. A badly-sporterized M1903A3 in fair to poor condition might be worth $100, assuming you can even find anyone interested in it.