SC and HV barrel markings

[RCS]

My old Mark III BSA 1909 (u 5721) with matching '09 barrel has both the SC and HV stamps behind the rear sight. Was this common on the early rifles to receive both stamps ?Attachment 87317Attachment 87318

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[green]

What is the date on the barrel?

[RCS]

My apology, I had already posted this question before.

BSA 1909 Mark III with a BSA 1909 dated barrel

[CINDERS]

SC = Short cone HV = means it is sighted for MK VII ammunition

[Big Ball Bag]

SC= Small Cone, the area of a chamber that we now know as the neck, nothing to do with the lead (throat in modern language)

[jrhead75]

To answer your question...it would have been perfectly normal for an early rifle to have both. They would have been stamped as the mods were carried out.