One possibility is that the forearm on your rifle is not original to that rifle. The forearm, buttstock, buttplate, and frame should have matching assembly codes. Unfortunately, you have to pull the buttstock to find the assembly code on the frame. (On Utica guns serial numbers were used instead of assembly codes, so the forearm, buttstock, and buttplate numbers matched the serial number on the bottom of the receiver.)
Are you meaning that the only model made in 1948 was the EG with the schnabel forend? Anyway, see next...
Originally Posted by wyo1895
The serial number was stamped on the forend, buttstock and buttplate until about 1950. It should have the serial # stamped in those places.
I've had the forend and buttstock off the rifle in the past, for some detailed cleaning. All the numbers match.
Originally Posted by Calhoun
If the screws on the G&H side mount are ground smooth to the mount and blued to match the mount, it was quite likely installed by G&H. If the screws aren't blued, then it was likely a gunsmith install.
