Ranchero50
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The original manufacturer info, serial number, and sometimes the "defarbers" info are sometimes placed on the underside of the barrel where it will be hidden by the stock.
I had mine done many years ago by Jogn G. Zimmerman at Harpers Ferry:
http://harpersferrycivilwarguns.com/
http://harpersferrycivilwarguns.com/
Yup. I was wondering if it says "Made in Italy" below the woodline.
Nope, nothing other than 2008 and G.R.H.111. stamp into the bottom of the barrel at the base. This rifle is pretty grungy if it's only 11 years old.
Some idiot colonels had their men polish the bluing off their Enfields. I don't think anyone removed so much steel as to make the musket unsafe: that's a silly suggestion if you think about it. Polishing Springfields was standard, in fact required. It didn't damage them, just made the regiment more visible to the enemy.
I think it was written in Silence at Appomattox which I read years ago. One of the replacement generals was appalled at the worn state of the rifle barrels.
Got the broken screw out of the trigger guard and pulled the rifle the rest of the way apart this evening. Where the guard is broken there's an extra hole in the stock like it was originally a screw hole.
Other than the flash rust the barrel looks to have been chemically stripped of blueing which I think is obb because the aged parts on the top half look to have been accelerated by handling. The edges next to the stock are shiny and the rest is grungy rusty.
Only markings on the stock are a painted number 6 as is marked on the nose cap and butt plate. The stock has poly on it so that needs stripped so I can oil it. I need to strip the chrome off the bayonet and refinish it as well.