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I recently purchased a number 4 Mk2 7.62 rifle. It is in the same style as the L39 rifles but has an unusual serial number on the body and bolt RA/007.M
It still has its original number as well.
Does the number mean anything to anybody?
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10-17-2018 02:43 PM
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That's not a factory S/N. Might be a unit level inventory number. Military's do all kinds of really daft stuff. May not be military at all though.
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It's certainly been neatly done. The font looks rather Germanic to me.
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And definitely not military - or certainly not UK military. I agree with DRP that it's a Germanic font
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The font appears to be the typical ISO font used for engineering drawings. It could have been applied to metal with a data plate engraving machine, but that is speculation.
Who applied it, and why is anyone's guess.
I wonder if it may have been a school or university cadet, or club rifle.
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Could it be something to do with the Rhodesia? Didn't they mark some of their rifles with a Z letter- number number type serial?
Any Johnny foreigner proof marks on it?
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Not by chance a Remington Arms bought in rifle to trial, as RA is always there leader?
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......or Raufoss Ammunition factory of Norway.......??
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We're coming round in a complete circle............. Rhodesia Army....... almost back to the dreaded ZF, or Zimbabwe Forces as the dealers like to tell us!
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