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Are the other serial numbers stamped in a similar manner?
Perhaps the overstamping occured in the factory, or very early in the rifles history.
Given that it is almost 100 years old, we will probably never know.
It just makes a beaut rifle even more interesting.
Cheers
Paul
Last edited by paulseamus; 06-13-2012 at 05:00 PM.
Reason: Typo
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I'll have to look and I'll get back at ya buddy!
I wonder what the odds are that this thing was being slung around in the trenches somewhere in Europe in the early 1900's?
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The odds are very good that an SMLE produced in 1915 saw action in the Great War. Very very good.
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The rest of the numbers are not like that.
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Yup, what they said, about family connections, priceless.
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Originally Posted by
jrhead75
The odds are very good that an SMLE produced in 1915 saw action in the Great War. Very very good.
And it looks like it did. Perhaps the next one too.
“There are invisible rulers who control the destinies of millions. It is not generally realized to what extent the words and actions of our most influential public men are dictated by shrewd persons operating behind the scenes.”
Edward Bernays, 1928
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