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Originally Posted by Norme
The barrel serial #'s on the earliest Navies, the 1906 n\s, we're struck before bluing, on all subsequent guns, like the 1916 in question, after bluing, and they should show halos.
Regards, Norm
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To me, the C/M looks worked/buffed--there are no sharp edges such as the re-struck serial. The halos on the latter look chemically induced to me. They appear to be small spots of something dabbed on, to remove/lighten the bluing. They should be most intense in the material closest to the strike, and fade away in a gradient. These have edges that are visible, and are of uniform tone. Makes my spidey sense tingle...