Star Gage stamp location

[Herschel]

In The Springfield 1903 Rifles, Brophy says the mark is always at 6 o'clock. The mark is pictured on page 207 and it is not very similar to
the one pictured in your photo.

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[Jason60chev]

I have the Brophy Book, but I do not have it with me and am away from home. Looking at the full enlargement of the pic I posted, there seems to be a mark at the 6 0'clock position of the muzzle. I could just be worn? Also, there is the alpha-numeric stamp on top of the barrel in the proper location. Is there any evidence of star gaged barrels being counterfeited? Why? Other than the mark(s) we really have no way to prove/disprove a SG'd barrel.

In The Springfield 1903 Rifles, Brophy says the mark is always at 6 o'clock. The mark is pictured on page 207 and it is not very similar to
the one pictured in your photo.

[RCS]

I have some photos of my Springfield 1903 which is in the 1.37 mil serial number range with a SA 7-29 NM barrel.

Besides the "star" stamp on the muzzle, there is also a heat lot code and most important is the marking from the bore gage record cardAttachment 81507Attachment 81508Attachment 81509Attachment 81510Attachment 81511