The C/M's look fine to me. These stamps were applied by hand and commonly exhibit imperfections due to broken dies, angle of strike, force of strike, etc. I've never seen a P.04 with two C/M's that are exactly the same. The C/M's on P.04's are applied prior to bluing and do not exhibit halos. The P.04 stampings on the barrels, depending on the model and serial suffix, on the other hand, were applied after bluing and should exhibit halos. IMHO these proofs and serial number look correct to me for a model 1914 P.04 Navy.
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