I'm not so sure. It looks original to me. The hold open pin is still in the white, I think. Hard to be sure from his photos. The straw shows aging which would be very difficult to reproduce. I think it's original except for the barrel. My thought would be that someone tried to remove an import mark and botched it up. Removing part of the barrel SN in the process.
Ron
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I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one.
What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...
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