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    Italian Breda Made barrel markings explanation, please

    Hello Milsurp Friends,

    I have been trying to find out, so I thought I would also ask on this forum.

    Can anyone explain what the 2 digits (62 on this barrel) in the middle of the Breda M1icon Garand barrel stamping mean? I have seen this stamping with different 2 digits in the middle. I haven;t been able to find out what they mean.

    Please help? Documentation would be great, too.
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    Could be 6th day of February possibly. No idea really but I know how they write out their dates so it kinda makes sense?

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    Have been presented with that theory, but from the examples of barrel stamping that I have seen, it doesn't work. Meaning that a "Month/Day"
    scenario would necessitate up to 4 digits in the middle of the stamp. I have only seen 2 digits. However, the theory remains on the table,
    in absence of any other reasoning, as the numbers I have seen are all different.

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    Could be 6th day of February possibly. No idea really but I know how they write out their dates so it kinda makes sense?

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    I thought they were plant numbers.
    Real men measure once and cut.

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    Plant....as in Factory? How many different "Plants" would be making these? I have seen 3 distinct two digit numbers and at least 1 Single digit number.
    Guess it will remain a mystery.

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    They had a lot of plants, only a few of which were involved in rifle components.
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