Arsenal [0148]

[Matchka]

Not on the 2018 list; unsure if this is a new one for the mix.
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/925927095

[Bob_The_Student]

What arsenal are you seeing? "448" or "148" I torn on the first digit.

[Greatguns]

I see 0148, I think the mark that makes the 1 look a little like a 4 is just that...a mark and not a stamping.

[running-man]

Definitely [0148].  All previous carbines I've seen from of this arsenal have had 71 or 72 prefixes.  0148 w/othe []'s are70 prefix. 

It looks like by '76 they reverted to the standardized year code.

Nice find Matchka! 

[firstchoice]

Interesting little marks in the wood under the serial number. They look uniform. Almost like repeated letters or numbers of some sort. That would have been a little hard to do in wood grain. Weird.

Or maybe somebody just got bored? 


firstchoice

[Bob_The_Student]

I think it just defects in the wood.

GG, I agree with you the first "4" is just another line.

[Matchka]

Definitely [0148].  All previous carbines I've seen from of this arsenal have had 71 or 72 prefixes.  0148 w/othe []'s are70 prefix. 

It looks like by '76 they reverted to the standardized year code.

Nice find Matchka! 

Rgr that. Tks!