Originally Posted by Goony

You had said in your original post that it was a "late" Victory, and I think that's accurate. It may have shipped as late as early 1945, but as I had noted in a precious post (#93), such estimates are often inaccurate. Only a factory letter will settle the matter.

The numbers on the crane and in the frame recess exposed when you swing out the cylinder were used to match up components during assembly, and have no significance beyond that, nor any relation to the serial number.

The stocks should be numbered (stamped inside the right side panel) to match the numerical component of the serial number. If not, they may either be reproductions or armorer's replacements.