Hi,
This documentations does however leave one question unanswered:
Why are there so many discrepancies between barrel and receiver witness marks?
An attempt to collect some explanations that were provided in several threads:
1. Slight alignment difference, but same mark:
Possibilities:
-Slight warping of barrel.
-Barrel was removed and refitted.
2. Witness marks on barrel and receiver differ:
Possibilities:
-Replaced barrel.
-Replaced receiver.
3. No witness mark on barrel and receiver:
Possibilities:
-Produced that way (?)
4. No witness mark on one, but witness mark on other.
Possibilities:
-Replaced barrel.
-Replaced receiver.
Whereby replacement of receiver is quite unlikely, because the barrels tend to wear out quicker.
Possible end conclusion: Rebarreling was done more often than we tend to consider.
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