unknown Pinwheel (Sun?) stamp on Mark I receiver...What is it?

[Ed Hicks]

unknown Pinwheel (Sun?) stamp on Mark I receiver...What is it? Just picked this rifle up and I have no idea what the stamp is...any help is appreciated...reminds me of Siamese mauser stamp. Thanks, Ed

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[Col. Colt]

Brophy's big 03' book has a section on foreign marks, applied by friendly governments. I don't have mine handy - anyone else? I seem to remember the Thais had something similar. CC

[Ed Hicks]

Thanks, It is a Thailand post WWII stamp I am told and I thought it was similar to Siamese mauser stamps...Likely a US GI souvenir from Vietnam War..it has a stock with CKS inspector stamp which is one I haven't seen. Ed

[JGaynor]

Ed is corrrect. I have an A4 with a very similar mark on the Receiver ring, a larger version on the side of the buttstock and a Thai Rack number on the bottom edge of the buttstock>

Regards,
Jim

[MGMike]

Some M1903s with Siamese marks, along with many other types accumulated by the Thai military, were imported in the mid-late 1960s by Interarms. That is the most likely origin of this particular rifle.

M

[JGaynor]

My A4 was walked over from Interarms in probably 1968. Following are pics of the rack no., Thai Chakra on the buttstock and the small Chakra on the side of the receiver.






Regards,

Jim