PH M85 00131F in sold at auction in UK

[desperatedan]

Gil,

You have previously replied - in 2014 - about both 00135F and 00351F :

Rifle S/N 00135F Built on the 26th November 1986 into an Arctic body fitted with an Arctic Knob too.
Fitted with a Swarovski ZFM 6X42 scope and one piece mount.
Firing 16.7mm group 10 rounds at 100 yards
Sold to Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Rifle S/N 00351F Built on the 20th of April 1989 into a Green body
Fitted with a Swarovski ZFM 6X42 scope Serial Number: A5726009
Firing 11.2mm group 10 rounds at 100 yards
Sold to Avon & Somerset Police

The full reply and original enquiry is here: https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=47454&page=2

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[Roy W]

The other anomaly seems to be that the serial number is stamped into the bolt handle. All the ones I have owned and seen have been electro pencilled. Anyone got a stamped one?