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Bob Seijas shows a photo, in the Winter 2003 edition of the GCA Journal, of a mint Type 2 NM rifle #5832326, which was originally assembled in 1959, upgraded in 1960 and again in 1962. DCM sales papers are dated May 10, 1971. The rifle still retained the barrel from the original 1959 assembly and showed the year codes for 1959, 1960 and 1962. The reason for this was that the rifle was neither shipped to Camp Perry nor sold by DCM until 1971. It remained in SA inventory and was upgraded each year, even though it was unused. Reason being, when a NM rifle was sold through the DCM, or loaned to a shooter at Camp Perry, the buyer/shooter would get a rifle with all the latest upgrades for that shooting season.