What the guys are referring to is welding the staking marks full and then grinding the welds down flush with the receiver surface and re-parking the whole receiver to make it look like it never had a later adjustable sight installed. Problem is, if you don't heat treat the whole receiver after the weld and before the re-park then the park does not take to the welded area the same as the rest of the receiver (because it has been annealed?) and you can see it pretty clearly. This is deception for the purpose of profit by somebody and there is no other word for it. Mayber the seller bought it this way unkowingly. I am not familiar with the prior auction the guys are referring to.

I may have to back off on my defense of the seller a little. I guess he didn't tell the whole story, but he did say it was not original and it was refinished. I'm still waiting on opinions as to why it went so high as a put-together piece. Because it is pretty? ChipS (Corporal1970)
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