Alvin, definitely the same RW inspection mark. Perhaps it's a "M" for Mauser with a "R" for an individual inspector or department... Thank you for the background on this...
Frank, thank you for checking this out. Since the frame is a "42" date, it sounds like this could well have been force matched or a part used from earlier production of Mauser Banners to quickly fulfill a military contract. Since it was re-blued, someone reworked it at some point.
The s/n is in the first 1000 of the "g" series. So perhaps March/April 1942?
Marc
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