1903 SA "star" barrel

[rugersworld]

Did Springfield Armory make star gauged barrels in 11-43?
Were the "star" marks always at 6 o-clock?

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[Rick the Librarian]

No - with the start of WWII, marking and Star Gauging barrels came to a halt. Any 11-43 barrel so-marked is a fake.

[Chuckindenver]

no, however,
i have seen some lend lease rifles with a 5 pointed star on the barrel, under the date...this is not a U.S. military marking..
the star gauging tooling was stopped in 1939, and air gauge was used after that time.

[rugersworld]

Thanks for confirming. Saw a rifle on auction that had a star at 4 o-clock position and an 11-43 barrel. Also when I zoomed in on the barrel stamp it looked like the "S" and the "A" were not stamped in line, but slightly off set, and that the "A" was stamped over a rough spot. The ordnance bomb was not what I have seen for springfield, but what I have seen for smith corona.

[Rick the Librarian]

Lots of fakes out there. Remember "knowledge is power."