Thanks WinkMan and Hook, numbers I get are, 5 X D 33.
The 5 and 33 are hard to read, don't appear to be stamped square.
You're welcome. The "XD" would make the manufacture date December 1957 according to the date code chart.
NICE! hell of a deal WinkMan, Thank You, thought I remembered the old Gent that sold me the rifle say it was a 1957 year model, he bought it after coming home from Korea, I'm proud to be it's second owner.
