Unusual No32 bracket marking?

[blurrededge]

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Hi, thought I'd post a couple of pics of this bracket I picked up a while back, it has second, tiny, JG stamp just under the rear cap. Not sure how much of an oddity this is, just thought it would be of interest.

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[Roger Payne]

Thanks Matt. Never seen a JG there before. Maybe it was a Friday afternoon & he was feeling cantankerous!

[blurrededge]

Ha, yes maybe. Have stamp, will use!

[Lee Enfield]

Is it an original or repro bracket?

[blurrededge]

Yes it's an original Rose Brothers bracket. The interesting bit is that the additional JG stamp is half the size of the one usually found on these brackets. I thought possibly a stamp utilized on other Rose Brothers products, whatever they may have been, maybe a chap filling in due to the normal inspector being off work, who knows, just another very minor mystery.

[Roger Payne]

I don't suppose we'll ever know for sure Matt, but the explanation is probably something like that.....

[GeeRam]

It was wartime.....


I learnt many years ago in collecting this sort of stuff..........to never say never when it comes to markings on wartime old poop and pie crust

Oddities abound everywhere

[Roger Payne]

Quite.........never say 'never' & never say 'always'! Somebody out there will be busting a gut to prove you wrong......