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    Quote Originally Posted by painter777 View Post
    Rear sight is backward.
    I recall WTMR having a serial number OK'd and put on a carbine... per BATF.

    Regards,
    Charlie-painter777
    Funny, I was just emailing him about it last week. It was a few years ago.

    He calls it his lunchbox special. He did an article on it for the CC Club. It started as a Saginaw gun because you can see traces on the receiver. An S on the left and a G on the far right.

    He told me if the gun has not be reported stolen or used in a crime that they can prove, BATF has to issue you a number. You just have to go in knowing what your rights are. He took in the bare receiver just in case. How could they prove stolen, no number. Or used in a crime, no barrel for bullet striations. Then made a second trip to show them he had put the new serial number on.

    Nice to know we can do that if we come across such a gun.

    Marcus said I could post these pictures.

    Jim


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