Interesting Navy -thoughts?

[Norme]

Originally Posted by drbuster

Richard, although your and Norme's takes are no doubt totally correct, I personally have trouble seeing halos in some photos, especially when the serial numbers have been highlighted. Again, with the reputation of PIA, a serious buyer needs to remove the highlight and take a close examination. With that said, I'm not certain why Norme's felt the mag was faked. The fonts of the numbers are borderline and old numbers are usually more difficult to remove from wooden mag bottoms than aluminum bottoms. Here again, one needs closer in person scrutiny. Could Norme enlighten me where this pistol was sold previously? The unit mark shown in the PIA photo was poor and not a real closeup view. And with all that said, I would tend to agree with Don Voigt's view above.

Hi Herb, 1908 Navy #4876b was sold by Rock Island Auction in Sep 2008. They posted a good clear photo of the unit mark at the time, the numbers had been filed or ground off.
Regards, Norm