Quote Originally Posted by usabaker View Post
What you have is consistent with what is on my Matching M48 and M48A I've attached a picture.

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Not quite how my M48 bolt is numbered/stamped.....my 'matching number' is parallel to the bolt body on the bolt root top flat....the font is quite small like the import stamp on the barrel. The bolt does have a normal size three digit number on the bottom curve like pictured and same/similar proofs as pic of above of the M48 bolt.

No numbers on the top curve of the bolt handle.....I looked it over close to see if perhaps a number had been scrubbed off the bolt handle...but no I see no sign of that. In my mind's eye...I believe the tiny matching 3 digits # got stamped in Tennessee to match an un-numbered bolt to the rifle. Same size font as the import stamp...I compared/measured the 8 in the import stamp(8mm) and it is consistent in size/style of font to the numbers on top the bolt root flat....about half-size numbers compared to the factory numbers