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Hello all, I'm hoping I could get some replies/answers on a question I have on barrel and receiver stampings on a Stevens model 620, 12 ga. On 620 models where the buttstock attaches to the receiver via a top and bottom tang (not the single thru bolt).... what markings are stamped on the breech of the barrel and receiver side ? I have a US army training manual from September 1942 that shows a 620 with checkered wood and what looks like a receiver engraved as "model 620" above the trigger and " the J Stevens, Browning, Made by, Mass" nomenclature in the mid-upper left side of the receiver. beyond that the images are too grainy in the manual to show better detail.... What I don't know is what and where were stampings on the barrel. In my living history group i'd like to have a project gun that would represent a Procurement program shotgun doing duty as a riot gun for public displays. I've tackled this type project for an Ithaca M37, a Winchester M12 and a Remington M31 so far...but the Stevens is proving less easy to find good imagery online would 620's made in say the mid to late 1930's have the "proof tested, 12 ga, 2 3/4 chamber" lines on the left rear barrel closest to the breech and then a J Stevens manufacturing address block forward of it also on the left, or would that block be on the right ? Some photos of available 620's for sale are either hard to zoom to see what's stamped, or the sellers didn't photo the proper angles in the first place and I haven't gotten an answer asking what's stamped and where. one serial number I can sort of make out seems to be something like U 55,xxx (guesstimate) any help, descriptions or a few sample pics of what your markings look like on some actual 620's (not 620A) would be very helpful Respectfully, Andy