The continuing saga of 200 “Lend-Lease” rifles perserved for posterity 50-plus years ago by a World War II Army Air Corps navigator. Forward The July 1999 issue of the late Frank Mallory’s U.S. MARTIAL ARMS COLLECTOR magazine introduced arms collectors to a previously little known private cache of Model 1903 Springfield rifles manufactured by the Remington Arms Company (RA) during World War II. Without fanfare a year or so before, five wooden crates each containing 12 rifles dating from early 1942 suddenly appeared on the market for sale and study in a substantially original, as-issued condition. At the time, Mr. Mallory had Page 16 3nd Quarter 2007 already spent a goodly portion of his life churning out facts and information about all manner of U. S. martial arms. By choice, his research was principally confined to the National Archives and other certified U.S. government resources. However, among many gaps in his findings was credible evidence relating to the manufacturing character and disposition of the World War II Remington Model 1903, especially the early version proximating the 1919 Rock Island edition. Upon learning of the existence of sixty Remington M1903 rifles made under the “Lend-Lease” program for England ~Eall at one … Continue reading The Red Star Remington ’03 Rifles’