WaA Mark on Magazine Spring ???

[garden-valley]

I disassembled the follower and mag spring on what is likely an RC rifle because the parts are mixed. However, I'm perplexed about the magazine spring. It is marked with WaA230 or possibly 236. The first two digits are definitely 2 and 3, but the last digit on the stamping tool was obviously damaged and resulted in the difficult to read number. In looking at my list of WaA's I do not find a WaA230 and WaA236 was at a company that made Luger holsters. Does anyone know anything about this WaA and where it was used, or perhaps which manufacturer rifles these were used on?

 

[mrfarb]

Could it be Wa280?

 

[garden-valley]

If it is 280 then the "8" has the left portion cleanly broken off of the stamping tool because looking at it with a magnifying glass it looks to clearly be a "3". I am posting two photos but I can't get a clear photo of the mark, its just too small for my camera.

 

[mrfarb]

I agree, hard to read, but I bet it's supposed to be 280.

 

[reich1900]

When they are hard to read like that, I found that if you rub in a little blackboard chalk the marking is easier to make out. I think it's 280 too.

 

[rigid1]

I'll bet it's a 280 as well.

 

[garden-valley]

Thanks for the assistance. Looking at my second photo it appears the top "circle" on the middle digit is smaller in diameter than the bottom "circle", which likely indicates it is the number 8. Sure had me fooled there for awhile.