I started a new thread for this mount.
I totally agree that for a square early/transitional base the serial numbering is wrong or to say the least "off". The font of the '6' and the '9' do match other documented examples, where as the '0' and '7' seem off, so does the placement of the stamping and the lack of the scope serial on the right of the mount.
Possibly a re-blue?
Possibly a replacement lever? Butt it is the proper early mid-bent lever.
Seeing that the overall finish etc. is closer to any original I have in my collection or have seen documented and not close to any reproductions I am aware of, it is IMHO the mount itself is original. I do admit that the serial number is either farb or field done. But I do need to ask, why make a fake serial number?
There are also other anomalies in collecting especially in early variants. For example, Weaver didn't document that early square 214 mounts were Waa on the left side of the mount and not the right. He thought due to the examples available at the time that all 214 mounts were only Waa on the right. We clearly know that this was simply an omission.
I totally agree that for a square early/transitional base the serial numbering is wrong or to say the least "off". The font of the '6' and the '9' do match other documented examples, where as the '0' and '7' seem off, so does the placement of the stamping and the lack of the scope serial on the right of the mount.
Possibly a re-blue?
Possibly a replacement lever? Butt it is the proper early mid-bent lever.
Seeing that the overall finish etc. is closer to any original I have in my collection or have seen documented and not close to any reproductions I am aware of, it is IMHO the mount itself is original. I do admit that the serial number is either farb or field done. But I do need to ask, why make a fake serial number?
There are also other anomalies in collecting especially in early variants. For example, Weaver didn't document that early square 214 mounts were Waa on the left side of the mount and not the right. He thought due to the examples available at the time that all 214 mounts were only Waa on the right. We clearly know that this was simply an omission.
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