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Unread 03-03-2010, 08:11 PM   #7
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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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