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I posted a link to the auction the other day, but I got the rifle in yesterday and spent a good couple hours scrubbing the crap out of it. It was dirty! But it cleaned up pretty decent.
It's a 1.35 serial number with matching serialized B2 Bolt which is electropenciled under the extractor. The barrel is a 8/42 that has light vice marks on it. They are not as deep as my other USMC rifles, but they can still be seen. The stock has been heavily sanded. It also has a hatcher hole and stippled buttplate.
Now one thing I found neat is the bolt is electropenciled under the extractor, I haven't seen that much as most are done on the top. But when I got it under my light today to take pics, I can see another serial number on the top of the bolt that has been refinished over. That serial is 324063, which I imagine is most likely a RIA number. So the bolt actually has two serial numbers on it.
The receiver also has a tiny punch mark underneath the serial, I've always thought that was an Army rebuild mark, but I think I also remember reading that was a hardness test punch mark on the NS receivers. But I can't remember for sure. The bottom of the receiver does have the NS stamping though.
Anyways, the barrel guages pretty well new, and it doesn't show much useage.
What do you guys think?
It's a 1.35 serial number with matching serialized B2 Bolt which is electropenciled under the extractor. The barrel is a 8/42 that has light vice marks on it. They are not as deep as my other USMC rifles, but they can still be seen. The stock has been heavily sanded. It also has a hatcher hole and stippled buttplate.
Now one thing I found neat is the bolt is electropenciled under the extractor, I haven't seen that much as most are done on the top. But when I got it under my light today to take pics, I can see another serial number on the top of the bolt that has been refinished over. That serial is 324063, which I imagine is most likely a RIA number. So the bolt actually has two serial numbers on it.
The receiver also has a tiny punch mark underneath the serial, I've always thought that was an Army rebuild mark, but I think I also remember reading that was a hardness test punch mark on the NS receivers. But I can't remember for sure. The bottom of the receiver does have the NS stamping though.
Anyways, the barrel guages pretty well new, and it doesn't show much useage.
What do you guys think?
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