I bought this 03 a couple of years ago because it was cheap and I have a couple of questions I was hoping you experts could help me with.

1. There is a non-matching serial number etched in the top of of the bolt. see picture #2. I think the number is 911217. Was bolt swapping common? Any idea why the etched number?

2 The screws were staked at one time. see picture #5. I don't recall having seen this before. Would this be attributed to anything in particular (like Army, Navy, or Marines?)

3 There is an inlet in the stock below the bolt handle. see picture #4 Any guess as to whether this was a factory thing of done later like in a rebuild facility? Would this have been done on an individual basis or applied to all rifles in the batch?

Thanks for your help,
Jarrod
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