Heres the 42 SA

[DaveN]

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[22mike]

Very Nice !!! Wish it was mine.................

[GUTS]

Beautiful rifle Sir!

[browningautorifle]

Front sight seal still intact...very nice!

[Bill Hollinger]

Dave, very nice and the photo layout is a very nice touch. You done good!

[DaveN]

Thanks to all. It's still a work in progress. I still need to get a tripod and the lighting should be less an issue.

By the way, does the number on the butt ( 4 2 10) seem like a rack number or more like a date Oct 42? And we know SA never marked stocks like this even as I trial?

[browningautorifle]

No. That's a rack or accounting number from a more recent user.

[RCS]

The RRR is Red River Arsenal, Texas, later this arsenal became a depot and the letters RRAD were used. The P in a square is post WW2

[DaveN]

I'll see if I can find the thread I did on it a long time ago to see if I was even doing pics at that time. If not I'll take a few and post them.

[DaveN]

Question...this Lock bar sight should be a 1 but I think its not as the pinion if short (in the pics I've seen) would be much deeper? I'm still trying to understand the difference. I would think that it would be common to have had it switched ( sight upgraded ) if the rifle saw war service and this may explain the stock having been switched at that time though the wood looks to all be matching and what are the odds of them getting the 3 matching stock pieces back on the rifle unless all wood of that period very closely matched.