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Asterisk normally means 'cut or rusty barrel'

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[capt14k]

Asterisk normally means 'cut or rusty barrel'

If it was rusty they did a great job of cleaning it up. It doesn't seem to be cut.

What I just read was the asterisk stopped being used in the 1920s to indicate rust in the bore. By the 1930s it was an inspection mark but was not a mark of rust. Can anyone else confirm this.