interesting receiver markings on early receiver

[RCS]

I have had this rifle since the mid 1980's, bought it from an ad in the Shotgun Gun News, the man was local and I wanted the low serial number. Without import stamp.Attachment 79210Attachment 79211Attachment 79212Attachment 79213

I think the receiver is marked in Hebrew ? on one side. anyone here able to make out the
language ?

Thanks Robert

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[eb2151]

The markings below the clip latch on the frame leg
appear to be Yiddish.
Translation= "B/v" "S" and 'K/h"
equaling BSK.
Respectfully submitted
Ed Byrns

[Patrick Chadwick]

I think the receiver is marked in Hebrew ?

So do I. Hebrew, not Yiddish. Yiddish is a very old German-Hebrew hybrid that arose in Central Europe and would hardly be used to mark a military weapon.

1st character is "V".
The 2nd is the apostrophe-like mark, which is not a slip of the engraver, but a "Y"
3rd. is "S"
4th is, I think, not a Hebrew letter, but a "7".

So, reading it from right to left: 7 SYV. Whatever that might mean. Not a sensible place for a unit marking, I would rather guess it is

"7th. day of Siv(an)", rather like one might write 7 Aug or Dec for the 7th. of August or December.
Sivan is the 3rd month of the Jewish lunisolar calendar, so now you can have fun working out which date it approximates to - it depends on the year, which we do not know.

The marking could have been made by an armorer, rather like real mechanical watches often have repair marks applied internally by the watchmaker, indicating who/what/when.

The scribble in the second photo does not appear to be any kind of coherent text. Perhaps the engraver was just practising the use of the tool?

[Bob Seijas]

In the past I have had good luck on foreign research by contacting the the country's UN Mission in New York. Secondarily, the military attache at the embassy in DC often works, they are usually eager to help. The marks might be some well-known initials like our RIA.

[Mark in Rochester]

engraving looks like

Beit Shin Khaf

Closest thing I could find was

The Israel Security Agency better known by the acronym Shabak or the Shin Bet is Israel's internal security service It is one of three principal organizations of the Israeli intelligence community, alongside Aman (military intelligence) and the Mossad (foreign intelligence service



בשכ - translator says - Renewal neighborhoods