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  1. Another thing to ponder. Dan posted a copy of an ad from RJ Perry apparently from 1975 which shows the price of an M2 at $250. The receipt I show from RJ Perry shows this M2 sold for $450 in 1977. Did the prices for an M2 jump $200 in 2 years (practically double), or was there something special about this M2?
  2. That box refers back to the transferee which would be RJ Perry. My thought is that it is a catch-all phrase for simplification reasons.
  3. Dan, did you see my post in the class III forum?
  4. FOIA paperwork before my interpolation. See post below
  5. Yes, the 2's were stamped by hand. I looked at it with a magnifying glass at many different angles and I still can't say for certain that there is a 1 under the 2. According to War Baby, it was done both ways (ie. with and without a 1 under the 2 stamp). I am going to try to get in touch with the previous owner and see if I can get the original receipt.
  6. The reason I question overstamp as opposed to handstamp is because the line which would be under the 2 isn't straight and could be just a scratch or ding. I would expect it to be a straight line.
  7. I can't figure if this is an overstamp or not. It looks like it could go either way.
  8. Well, well, well, the dots have finally been connected. Lookee what I found with the paperwork. Too bad it is only a picture as the previous owner wasn't willing to give it up. A big big thank-you to M17ap for connecting the dots for me. Such a great price for such a historical piece. How awesome is this?
  9. Doing a little research and found out that the Cody firearms museum was negotiating with Winchester in 1975 to get the Winchester Repeating Arms corporate gun collection. This makes me believe that this M2 came from the corporate collection and not a museum. Very interesting in that the F.O.I.A. papers that I have start in 1975. No dates in the paperwork prior to 1975. A little closer to proving where the M2 came from.
  10. It is marked W in the slingwell, but I believe it is a type 4. I don't take that list as gospel as there are discrepancies. First one that I noticed right off the bat is that it doesn't list the "X" marked recoil screw that is a known Winchester part. I thought you might have been referring to the stock not having a crossed cannon cartouche. I wouldn't expect it to have one since it was supposedly a Winchester museum piece and wouldn't have gone through the ordnance dept for final markings. These are just my thoughts. Am I wrong?
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