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Originally Posted by handejector
Maybe. Maybe not. The S and diamond might have been stamped merely to make sure that barrel was sent to the Service Dept after bluing. It might be the original barrel. The pic is a little fuzzy, but the font of the numbers looks like the old font to me which was not used in 71.
Wrong.
It had to be a long action sideplate. The hammer studs are located differently on long and short actions.
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I agree about the S stamp, regardless of a replacement or not, it was for getting the barrel back to the service department. Good eye on the # font style. And the diamond could just mean refinish, not necessarily a replacement.
Agreed, the side plate had to be a long action plate of course, it could have been old inventory from the 14 years of 1936 to ~1950. I guess it could be the original newly marked with logo. It’ll help to know for sure if the owner confirms the existence of an assembly # or not.