Harvington Posted August 1, 2021 Report Share Posted August 1, 2021 A basic question ... but what are the manufacturing dates for a 1918A2 BAR from Royal Typewriter? And is there any way of dating the weapon from the serial no. The barrel is a post-war refurb., so I can't tell the original year from that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got Uzi Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 Id have to look in Rock and a Hard Place to see if there is a serial number break down or not for the Royal BARs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoscoeTurner Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 Royal Typewriter was Korean War era production. Number produced is most often given as 61,000. What are the markings on the barrel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvington Posted August 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 Thanks, Roscoe. That's very helpful. I had been assuming that the barrel was a refurb, but given your message, it could be original. It's marked 3-54. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got Uzi Posted August 2, 2021 Report Share Posted August 2, 2021 That sounds like an original. My WWII NEAS has a 6-44 barrel but when I ran the serial number on the receiver it came back to Dec 1943.....so it got a new barrel early in its life as BAR receivers wouldnt have sat during production for 6 months, espically during 1943/1944 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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