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David, many thanks for your response; the N. J. is stamped into the rear of the barrel (in the area of the proof mark) and repeated on the left side of the stock where the lock screw heards are...

Came home twice myself - last time just after '68 Tet. The "homecommings" were far and away the worst times of my life.

Have only one firearm, an original civil war musket. Made by Colt, surcharged N.J. (New jersey?) , dated 1862 on lock and barrel. Proof mark is a puzzle to me, is V with right leg made into a P,...

Not to burst any bubbles but Winchester made an M1 Rifle AND an M1 Carbine that bore serial number 1,108,783: the rifle in MAY '42 and the carbine about a year later. I believe the "serial number"...