Over the past few weeks on this forum and others I haunt, I have seem people wanting to trade or purchase an M1 , 03, or 03A3, sometimes offering up a premium rifle in trade and all the deals fall thru when the party wanting the rifle find out the rifle is a mix master.
They want an all original rifle. Not a MIX MASTER, or a rifle assembled from parts.
When the US Military did and arsenal rebuild, rifles were stripped down, all alike parts where tossed in bins, when it is time to reassemble the rifle, first part the gauges good goes in the rifle. The CMP does the same thing. If you are lucky you will find a "correct" date code on the barrel of a particular receiver, such as a SC-43 barrel on a Smith Corona 03A3.
This is simple a PSA so no one gets there feelings hurt and can properly value a rifle
They want an all original rifle. Not a MIX MASTER, or a rifle assembled from parts.
When the US Military did and arsenal rebuild, rifles were stripped down, all alike parts where tossed in bins, when it is time to reassemble the rifle, first part the gauges good goes in the rifle. The CMP does the same thing. If you are lucky you will find a "correct" date code on the barrel of a particular receiver, such as a SC-43 barrel on a Smith Corona 03A3.
This is simple a PSA so no one gets there feelings hurt and can properly value a rifle