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Barrel markings on 1943 11567 .
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Still sloppy at this late date .
E2 proofs with bad die or multiple stamped
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After recent discussions I find myself liking these 3 of my HK's even more .
There are other messed up proofs on all 3 but these are classic work by the BAL inspectors .
The extra lower 1936 right receiver proof is complete [ well minus the chipped out parts ] but you have to have the receiver out to see it .
Barrel proof is the broken - shattered ?? type you see quite regularly .
The 1937 actually has the 2 left receiver proofs intact but the middle one has 2 more lightly struck above it The right receiver proof [ penguin ] is at least TRIPLE struck .
Barrel proof is at least doubled and actually looks worse .
Frame proof is just missing segments .
The 1943 barrel is quite simply a mess .
I have these guns BECAUSE of the inspectors sloppy work .
Have had nicer 1936 and 1937 examples but I have always found this sloppy work very interesting .
Only 1943 I have ever owned as finding one I was comfortable with only took 35 years .
Almost bought one from Bob Simpson in the 90's but couldn't justify the price .
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There are other messed up proofs on all 3 but these are classic work by the BAL inspectors .
The extra lower 1936 right receiver proof is complete [ well minus the chipped out parts ] but you have to have the receiver out to see it .
Barrel proof is the broken - shattered ?? type you see quite regularly .
The 1937 actually has the 2 left receiver proofs intact but the middle one has 2 more lightly struck above it The right receiver proof [ penguin ] is at least TRIPLE struck .
Barrel proof is at least doubled and actually looks worse .
Frame proof is just missing segments .
The 1943 barrel is quite simply a mess .
I have these guns BECAUSE of the inspectors sloppy work .
Have had nicer 1936 and 1937 examples but I have always found this sloppy work very interesting .
Only 1943 I have ever owned as finding one I was comfortable with only took 35 years .
Almost bought one from Bob Simpson in the 90's but couldn't justify the price .
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a couple new ones from 1936 . Sure see this barrel proof issue a lot . It should be through the blue also .
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1940 10270 receiver - barrel - frame proofs .
None are clean.
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None are clean.
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That’s a good sign …… right ? 😆
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I need to re-read this entre thread, good stuff here
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Interesting comparison on stamp degradation as these mags are way apart serial wise but same E2.
Not even the same type mags
VERY common E2.
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Not even the same type mags
VERY common E2.
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