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    Quote Originally Posted by flying pig View Post
    Bunch of employees becoming jobless wouldn’t encourage lunchbox specials, would it? That would explain unusual, ‘unapproved’ configurations as well. They’ve been building them for years, so why not build what they wanted on the way out the door? Just a hunch.
    There probably was a few go out the back door towards the end.

    Thing is, I was able to check under the buttplates of all I mentioned, except the two M-10 .280s

    They all had proper serial numbers stamped in both the steel and the wood. This indicates to me that they went out the front door. Most likely with serial numbers on their barrels originally.

    I`d be inclined to think that most of the odd configurations, were more likely rifles put together as prototypes or to float ideas.
    Last edited by Ax.303; 05-12-2024 at 09:10 PM.

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