Quote Originally Posted by DaveN View Post
joe it would make more sense to stamp the receiver than the stock as that would stay with the rifle as we know parts and stocks seem to get all mixed up. thanx again dave.
Rebuild facilities did start marking the Facility code and date of overhaul, using electric pencil, on the receiver leg in the 1960s but, if you think about it, that marking means nothing after the rifle has left the rebuild facility. It may mean something to collectors, but to the solidier or marine that received the rifle, it ment absolutly zero. All they cared about was that the rifle functioned correctly, not who originally built it or who may have overhauled it. Also, just as parts got switched around on original rifles while they were in active service, parts also got switched around on the rebuilt/overhauled rifles. By now, it is quite possible that all that remains on a SA-52 marked rifle, from the time of the 1952 overhaul, is the receiver.
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