Sometimes the importer's mark is discretely hidden under the stocks. Or the guy making the marks lost his place and let a few slide by. Importer marks are pretty cryptic. For example "NA Rdgfld NJ" is shorthand for "Navy Arms Ridgefield, New Jersey". "CAI" indicates Century Arms, International. There are others.

They often show signs of abuse / neglect. It sounds like yours may be better than average, believe it or not! I removed the stocks on one once and was shocked to see CRATERS, not pits. So as I said, yours sounds positively "cherry" by comparison! Here's hoping it shoots great too.

I think by "I found the star" the OP means that he "found" the very prominent Brazilian Crest. I do not think he means a little star denoting rework.

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