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colreed 
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 Topic: hand stamped SNPosted: Jul 10 2017 at 6:44pm |
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I just noticed that my Inland SN last digit appears to be handstamped. The bottom of the last digit (1) does not line up with the other numbers in the SN. It is more readily apparent than can be seen in the photo. I don't have News Letters to look up. Was there a reason for Inland to handstamp the last SN digit?
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Posted: Jul 10 2017 at 7:04pm |
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as stamping dies saw use they were known to wear and have slippage, I have seen several of different manufactures have serial numbers that did not line up or were off somewhat due to wear of the dies.
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m1a1fan
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Posted: Jul 10 2017 at 7:26pm |
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Have seen UW's and especially IBM's with poorly aligned S/N's. I kinda like it.
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Posted: Jul 10 2017 at 7:32pm |
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I wish there was another "1" in my SN so I could compare it with the last digit "1"
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Posted: Jul 10 2017 at 10:05pm |
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Here is an Inland receiver with a 1 in it:
http://www.uscarbinecal30.com/manufacturers.html Another: http://www.uscarbinecal30.com/serialnumbers.html |
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Posted: Jul 11 2017 at 1:29pm |
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Keep in mind that Inland used different number fonts throughout production, including changes within a single block of serial numbers.
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Posted: Jul 11 2017 at 8:23pm |
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Were any Inland serial numbers handstamped? I thought only the 1 or 2 in the M1/M2 receiver ring was hand stamped?
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Posted: Jul 12 2017 at 7:55am |
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I certainly don't know. Just assumed the '1' to be handstamped since it didn't align with the other numbers. Perhaps my post is misnamed. Cali201's notion of a slipped stamping die makes more sense.
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Posted: Jul 12 2017 at 8:57am |
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No worries colreed. It is an interesting thread since stamping of all kinds can be misaligned.
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Posted: Jul 16 2017 at 12:32am |
Yes, all kinds of miss stamps and alignment problems happened in production  As to the serial number it would make sense that the number automatically advanced on wheels. Last digit being the one with most movement would probably wear fastest and have alignment problems. Thanks to Ron Dalhamer for sharing this picture again.
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Posted: Jul 16 2017 at 7:55am |
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OUTSTANDING LOGIC
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Posted: Jul 16 2017 at 9:23am |
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Thanks to Ron from me as well, that is a stamping for the books. Somehow it got turned in the jig, was stamped, corrected and then made it out into service? The D appears to be double stamped and/or was deeply stamped.
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