Serial numbering began with SN 3,000,000 and numerically remained continuous to end of production except as shown below. ![]() This report reconciles in finality all rifle inspection approval issues that may have remained after close of each monthly billing period. In absence of actual factory production records predating “final inspection” via note #1 above, the “factory invoice” record becomes the next most reliable statistical basis for approximating “end-of-month” SNs.įinal approved rifle production based on Ordnance Dept., Small Arms Branch, Industrial Division record summary dated March 10, 1944. inspection report data used for monthly invoicing for services rendered under contract. ![]() ![]() Remington’s rifle production based on Ordnance Dept. inspection, they represent the earliest and most accurate base-data for approximate calculation of actual “end-of-month” production Serial Numbers (SNs) from the start of production through February, 1943. Since these were final assembled and tested rifles made ready for Ordnance Dept. No such comparable statistics are known to exist beyond February 1943. ![]() (Based in part on documents obtained by Clark Campbell from the Ilion, NY Remington Plant Manager files, circa 1955)Īctual assembled rifles in the Remington warehouse inventory awaiting Ordnance inspection as shown on the Planning Supervisor’s “Accounting Summary” dated March 9, 1943.
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