I asked this question awhile ago on the gunboards forum but never got an actual answer as to why there are two different serial#'s that are associated with my rifle.
I have a No.4 MK1 manufactured by Fazakerly in July of 1944. There is an "Englandicon" export mark, but there aren't any U.S. import marks, which tells me this is an early import rifle.
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Looking at all the parts that have the # stamped on them, it looks as if the original serial is NA 20388, but then it was changed to NA 20389.
Fore-end: NA 20388 is stamped, then NA 20389 is stamped underneath it.
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Buttstock Socket: NA 20388 is electro-penciled in and NA 20389 is stamped twice over it.
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Bolt: NA 20389 is stamped on it, but looking at the 9, it looks as if it was stamped over an 8.
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Magazine: NA 20389 is stamped on it. The 9 looks to have a larger indent then the rest of the numbers which tells me it must have been stamped over an 8.
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Barrel: Just found this one last night. I was looking at the barrel and I noticed something hiding behind a spot of worn off Suncorite . I used some solvent and scrubbed the rest of it off. The serial NA 20388 is electro-penciled to the barrel shank.
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Any ideas? Also, somebody said they don't recognize the "NA" prefix either.
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