Peter, I tried to send you a message on this question, but I can't figure out how to add the pic's and I dont think the message went thru, so I'm making this post.
As some of you might remember, I made a post about my T serial # 1391, that has been in cold storage for the past 40+ years and I was inquiring info. about it.
Since the scope and mount and can, are not the correct match for this T, I decide to split up the package and sell them separately.
Upon cleaning up the scope and mount, it appears that the mount has been painted black.
After cleaning some of the paint off the mount and examining the serial #, it appears that the area around the#'s has been "cleaned or ground" and above the number 3, it looks like a 7 was stamped right above it with the 3 overlapping the bottom of the 7.
Under a magnifying glass, the 7 does not appear to be a "scratch" in the grain, as it looks like a perfect number 7.
Sooooooo, I am questioning this, wondering if I'm just too suspicious or this is a normal thing, or if these #'s have been altered.???
If so, for what "good" reason? Is it possible that this mount is a repro or an original that has altered #'s?
I took some pic's under a magnifying glass and you can just see the 7 in the grain just touching the top of the # 3.
I did not clean the shiny area around the number's, this is how it looked after the paint came off.
Any info on this would be greatly appreciated, as I will not attempt to sell this as an original if it is not.
Thanks again,
Chuck, down in stormy raining Florida
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