Serial number help

My IBM with early features has a faint 1st number in the serial number.
it is either a 3 or an 8.

X8982XX

Any thoughts? Did IBM have 8 million serial numbers?

It is a three. Very common for IBM numbers to be hit so hard that threes and fives look like an eight. Can be first or last numbers

I don't know if I have ever seen any Carbine with an 8 million serial number. Does anyone have a photo of one?

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Originally Posted by Bubba-7

It is a three. Very common for IBM numbers to be hit so hard that threes and fives look like an eight. Can be first or last numbers

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Thanks

Jim,
Without any books near by.........wouldn't a carbine in the 8 mil range- Be a M2 Inland?

Charlie-painter777

Charlie,

Yes, that was Inland's last block 7,369,661 to 8,069,660. Even though it should most likely be an M-2, I would like to see a picture of one. I just have never seen one. And I have seen a bunch of M-2's.

They list it to 8,069,660 but the highest I have heard about is 7,615,022

Jim