Since you have it in hand, are there ANY signs that numbers have been removed, be it gouges, faint partial numbers, slight contours where the numbers were removed? Particularly under the barrel just ahead of the receiver? I just can't tell from the photos.
Also, therre is the issue of a Mauser "hump" on the back of the barrel extension. Some photos suggest that it is there, others do not.
Any cursive letter (suffix) below the numbers on the front of the lower? Perhaps a "books guy" can help us there.
Any proofs or markings on the barrel, and what markings am I seeing on the right side just behind the barrel?
Personally I'm seeing no evidence of numbers removal and re-blue. So that leaves us at being assembled from parts.
dju
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