funny, no serial number:dunno:
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funny, no serial number:dunno:
Factory custom receiver marking?
Gift to a member of the manufacturing staff?
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Originally Posted by Gibbs505
That sounds like a likey thing to me.
custom sn?
Maybe it's from Smith Enterprise. Look him up. He does great work. He has helped me in the past.
He is my dad and he wants his rifle back. I am R.M. Smith, IV, contact info for you to send the rifle to has been sent.
R.M.Smith, da Fourth
The serial number is III
By law you are allowed to manufacture guns with strict rules for yourself. When you do make one you can put your name on it and a number somewhere on the piece. You are not allowed to produce more than one and it can be full auto if it is a invention of its own kind and not a copy of another already produced. Don't quote me word for word but this is how it used to be in the U.S.
Also this is #3 as Rock stated. Rick B
Is there a date? If so, check the list of employees for around that date.
...as many guns for yourself as you want. As long as you don't sell them , you don't HAVE to mark them , but it is a good idea just for proof it's yours , if nothing else. If , years later , you decide to sell it , it will need to be marked , and it's easier to do while your putting it together and finishing it. You CAN NOT make a gun for someone else unless you have a licence and are in the biz. You CAN NOT make a full auto unles you have the licence to do so. Building it yourself still means you are limited to what would be legal to walk into a store and buy today ( if it was still being made ). You can go over to 1919a4.com: Beltfed Fun for 1919 Enthusiasts - 1919a4.com Portal to read up on this. Those guys make semis all the time.
Chris
Contact Elmer Ballance in Texas. He is the original owner of Springfield Armory Inc. and would likely know about that rifle.
Don't quote this either but I think that 7.62mm on the heel would make it a later SA INC receiver.(last 5 years) I have owned a few from 3,000 up to 80,000 none of them had that.