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Old 11-28-2020, 04:06 PM
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No nothing. But likely done too late to have and stampings:

REFINISH/REWORK DATES AND STAMPINGS:
Sometime after 1910 a return to the factory rework date could be 3 or 4 digits depending on the actual date (much later sometimes 5 or 6) placed on left side of grip frame on the 'toe' stamped vertically or horizontally, and will not match any other stamped #s on the gun. Ex: 3 48 for March 1948, 10 2 57 for Oct 2, 1957, etc.

STAR USAGE:
On the bottom of the butt, or forestrap following serial #, or left side of grip frame indicates a factory rework; began ~ 1912, declined and became sporadic in the early 1960s before the decline of date stamps per Roy.
Five stars; one each on left grip frame, barrel shroud, behind extractor star, yoke rear face, and inside sideplate or less are rare; so many stamped locations are not unheard of, but seldom seen!

Usually present with rework dates are letters in a rectangle or diamond, B (blue), N (nickel), or S (standard/blue) with an R (for refinish), on 'heel' of left side of grip frame. There might also be marks in diamonds like <S> (silver), <G> (gold), or just a P in a circle (for plated including nickel). In the 1960s period, an S<> on grip frame and under barrel with a rework date meant refinish, standard (blue). Which stamping was used depended on the time frame and service technician working on the gun. An RE (refinish) in a circle at the heel on left side of grip frame has also been observed as one of the last stampings used.

Refinish and/or date stamp usage, are generally accepted to have declined in the 1970s, and stars non-existent, although that's when many 5 or 6 digit dates, if stamped, have been observed, sporadic use after that, and was eventually eliminated altogether not too long after. Reportedly no date stamps have been observed since ~1983.
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