That stamp didn't come out until the mid-1920's and it wasn't applied to the side of the receiver ring until the late 1940's. Bubba did a fine job of stamping that one. Wonder where he got the stamp? Maybe he was ingenious enough to make his own stamp?
The collar on the takedown forearm was probably made of milder steel than the receiver and didn't hold the blue as well. I've seen a lot of unmolested TD's with the blue faded more on the collar than on the receiver.
Whoever reblued the rifle probably didn't bother to take the collar off and get it reblued along with the barrel and receiver. David
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