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I thought the symbol for rust was *, perhaps the "R" is something else?
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+1. Thats what I thought....
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R....Found rusty by armourer,to be checked by armourer. According to Ian Skennerton. Pg.576 the Lee-Enfield
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Ok, didn't know that. Thought it might have been a repair marking.
I guess they used a few different markings for rust.
Thanks for the reference.
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A script font "R" is the mark for rust, a block letter font "R" is thought to be a mark for replacement barrel or reserve grade barrel.
This is from Skenny's "Broad Arrow", page 78 under "Armourers Markings".
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the 'R' mark was used by us Armourers of the era to mark a previously rusty barrel, noted by an Armourer during an inspection, that was otherwise serviceable and could be improved with regular cleaning. That was to prevent the next used getting a bollocking and the next etc etc. But I don't know what a stylised/italic R is supposed to mean. We just had the usual R in our set of stamps
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here is where i found it
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Wow. That is the R.... BUT not a hint of rust I'm the barrel..... :)
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like Peter said it was probably cleaned up over the years
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