Quote Originally Posted by Roger Payneicon View Post
I think the grind marks are almost certainly post war & probably from the time of the FTR. It was not unknown for the charger guide inserts to come loose & so at times of refurbishment or as necessary they were given a gob of weld each side of the receiver (I'll bet there are marks on the other side of the charger bridge if you look closely). The grinding off of the excess weld is quite typically very crude. Yours is not unusual, & it is all part of its service history. I wouldn't worry about it.

Yup. Opposite side is the same. I need to research a bit on the charger bridge and how it’s constructed. I was figuring the receiver was one piece milled, but obviously not the case.

Hopefully some shooting with it this afternoon.
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