1949 and 1950 hand etched markings up close

[theSKSguy45]

got a borescope recently and was looking at the dust covers I have and figured I'd share what I saw. its difficult to get good focus with it but ill isolate some pictures in a sec.

https://youtu.be/R_2jNquJ3Bw?si=itwIuLAq2onRxDlH the unaltered youtube video

[theSKSguy45]

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[theSKSguy45]

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[Phosphorus32]

Looks like a lot of small strikes went into making a complete marking  I suppose they had a surplus of soldiers to employ after the Great Patriotic War 

[jstin2]

I don't have a macro lens, but you can click on picture to expand.

[theSKSguy45]

Looks like a lot of small strikes went into making a complete marking  I suppose they had a surplus of soldiers to employ after the Great Patriotic War 

Right? I mean all those man hours for a dust cover? I’d hate to have been the guy doing that for the first whole year of production