There's no mystery here. That puppy's hot from way back.
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There's no mystery here. That puppy's hot from way back.
Local collector had a collection of Winchester lever guns stolen and recovered. Held as evidence, the court clerk elecropencilled the case number on the receivers!
Thinking out loud here. I do know some older commercial firearms had no serial numbers (mandatory post 1968?)
Perhaps this is a test fixture or other receiver that did somehow missed serialization but was bubba stamped at some point in fear of the GCA ? Hard to tell from the photo but a close look could probably determine if a SN was ground off.
Actually it looks like a phone number... 268 844 0614...
I think I'd be tempted to dial the number and him ask what the heck is going on with this rifle!
You might not get the answer you'd expect...
Since it is a foreign exchange (Antigua and Barbuda) it is unlikely a phone number....and why would anyone want to poke the 5oo pound gorilla?????