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Anyone interested in some excellent condition ammo for the .55 Boys rifle? $30/round You can reach me at planemartyATgmail if you want to know more.

Did you ever get an answer on this?

Back Story on Taylor MFG. They were getting their hands on trunnions from poorly demilled guns. Guys would cut in front of and behind the trunnion and pocket the part as it was small enough to smuggle out in lunchboxes. Taylor would select ones that were in spec and rebuild them. They registered the new gun using the original SN which was always marked on the trunnion on GI guns so no problem with your serial. Remember- the trunnion IS the receiver for a GI gun, all the other parts were replacement line items while in service. There was a time in the mid to late 80's that trunnion guns were thought of as a hot item as the rails could stretch and be replaced and alot of private manufactured (RIA, ERB, others) trunnions weren't built to the same specs as a SACO trunnion. Now to answer your question about markings- Pull the front handguard off and look on the left side of the trunnion- you will find Taylor's manufacture markings. He hid them to make the gun look nice in the current configuration for the time he was building. Of course- they are exposed in a more modern build, but that's another story.