Originally Posted by
Randy A
Jim,
I agree, I was going from memory on Harrisons illustration:D If the unmarked one was listed first (type 1), then I got mixed up,,, I thought it was listed as the second (type II),,, it should be.
I am not familiar with any pre-production prototypes using an Alaskan (M73) I thought the A4 was born with a Weaver 330.
Not for sure on this, but I believe the bases produced post war (prior to the rounded corners)
were marked S-SPEC on the bottom. Might check it to see if it's marked, usually very lightly,,, I'll check mine.