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Old 11-24-2011, 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by 2hawk View Post
Good question, and I appreciate Bruce chiming in. I didn't think so, but I wasn't sure. So I took some photos of the butt markings to see if any members thought they had marked it.

If I had expected this to come out as well as it did, I s'pose I might have taken some "before" photos, but I really didn't think it would be anything more than a utilitarian finish. They apparently still have some good polishers working, and know how to make an old gun shine.

On the left side of the grip frame near the 'toe' it looks like numbers stamped there. That is the normal location for stamping a re-work date. I just can't make out the numbers so can't tell if it's a date or not.
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