typo in the SN? it that possible?

[mage0608]

Hi guys, I found a wired thing on my Izzy 54'. need your advice.
this one looks like all matching rifle. but I just notice recently that SN on the receiver cover mismatch by just one letter (2nd letter).
please see attached pic. the font and size of the SN seem original. possible a typo from the factory?
Many thanks in advance.

[mage0608]

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[mage0608]

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[cvasqu03]

Welcome aboard.

Sorry I can't help much, but I have to say the title of your post did give me a chuckle.  I suppose it's possible, but a lot of times parts were being put together and parts were accidentally included from a neighboring set either by mistake or as some type of replacement.  This is much more common among Chinese rifles though.  I'm sure someone else here can probably give you a better answer.

BTW, that is a very interesting looking magazine.  Can you post a picture of what it looks like opened up?

[jstin2]

Yes, mistakes can be made when stamping. I have a early 50 with matching serial numbers- EM 717 but the receiver was stamped with a faulty "Б" stamp which looked like a E until closer inspection.
But yours is a definite stamp change.
 The magazine looks like it is pinned to 5 rounds as Canada laws enforce.
Although the cover is an Izzy, the end plate looks funny. It looks like it does not fit flush with the receiver and from the picture it looks like there is a ridge where the curve ends at the receiver. Better pictures could prove me wrong. The Izzy cover could have been scrubbed and a wrong serial number stamped at that time by mistake.

[mage0608]

Welcome aboard.

Sorry I can't help much, but I have to say the title of your post did give me a chuckle.  I suppose it's possible, but a lot of times parts were being put together and parts were accidentally included from a neighboring set either by mistake or as some type of replacement.  This is much more common among Chinese rifles though.  I'm sure someone else here can probably give you a better answer.

BTW, that is a very interesting looking magazine.  Can you post a picture of what it looks like opened up?

thanks. the mag think is Canadian special. pined to 5 rivet.

[mage0608]

Yes, mistakes can be made when stamping. I have a early 50 with matching serial numbers- EM 717 but the receiver was stamped with a faulty "Б" stamp which looked like a E until closer inspection.
But yours is a definite stamp change.
 The magazine looks like it is pinned to 5 rounds as Canada laws enforce.
Although the cover is an Izzy, the end plate looks funny. It looks like it does not fit flush with the receiver and from the picture it looks like there is a ridge where the curve ends at the receiver. Better pictures could prove me wrong. The Izzy cover could have been scrubbed and a wrong serial number stamped at that time by mistake.

thank you for the info. this is another pic from a different angle. I also compared the contour of the end plate with another 45 Izzy doesn't look like scrubbed.

[jstin2]

You are right. That new picture is more defined, showing that it is not scrubbed. But I think that you can see where I thought it might be by looking at the first picture of receiver and cover. It is better to have more pictures at different angles.

[Logan7]

Mage, that's a nifty, cherry Izzy.
Am jealous, aside from that Trudeau-ized magazine. 

Looks like a typical Friday afternoon on the factory floor in Russia, to me.
No doubt there is another '54 Izzy out there somewhere with your receiver cover on it.

[mage0608]

Thank you all for the reply, I think it was a typo due to below assumption.

   1.if I understand correctly, the rifle was first assembled and tested to make sure working properly then stamped with SN.
   2.if the parts got stamped first then assembled, the гд353 and ги353 should be 5000 apart from each other. so the chance of picking up wrong receiver cover is really low.
   3.the rifle looks like non-refurb, or very light refurb. There's no refurb marking, original blue with some handling marks, all the SN are deep and clear.
   4.if the rifle went through refurb process, how big the chance is that  гд353 and ги353 wend through the process together and got receiver cover switched.

but on the other hand when stamp the parts, the person only need to put гд on his work station, other letter should be in the tool box.

everything is possible until I found гд353 cover or another ги353 cover.

[pcke2000]

I am providing a different opinion and I am not going to 'sugar coat ' it.

I don't think the different serial on receiver cover is a simple typo.

And I strongly feel that the stamps on the stock are fake.

[Chicago mike]

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[Chicago mike]

I agree the stock markings don’t look legit .