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Hello Michael,
Somehow I don't think Neidner ever saw that rifle. I'm also sure that if Neidner ever got that ham fisted applying letter stamps he would have given up metalwork of any type. A poor attempt to increase the value of the rifle? Perhaps.
The number applied beneath the action serial number could possibly be an issue or armoury/arsenal rack and position number. It certainly looks like it was applied by a different and more experienced hand.
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Vienna nitro proofs under SN the 266th gun proofed in 1952. The "barrel address" is BS although spelled correctly.
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Looks like a British Nitro Proof mark along with the old fractional gauge number system used by the Brits for determining barrel diameter.
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Mal Mac Gregor is right! Austrian NPv, Vienna proofhouse mark applied 1952.
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It also appears someone added a 1 to # 151968 ???
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I do not know so if this is wrong please correct me...the shape of the numbers in the serial number, the 5 & 6 especially, look rather fancy for normal gun serial numbers. And is there any significance to the "1968" in the SN?
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Until about 280000 Springfield used fancier numbers with serifs on the serial #, afterwards numbers were sans serif. That is why I commented on the serial #, also if you look closly, the serial # is not centered on the rest of the receiver marking.
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Please correct me as well, but if they added extra numbers and proof marks wouldn't they have to anneal the receiver before doing so?
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