Term forced matched

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

My impression of 'forced match' was simply stamping a number on the part to make it 'match' the other numbers on the pistol.

YMMV

I agree,
I think the "forced" part is a mis-nomer.

It was simply "re-numbering" or numbering to match.

I'm not sure where "forced match" came from , but first time I heard it was years ago in relation to Russian Moisin rifles- most all had some "forced" matched parts.