I can absolutely believe that but am trying to figure out how it came to be attached to a grade 4 gun! The water table is clearly marked CH and a 4 appears under the serial number. Serial number on the stock is correct to the rest of the gun and I can see no evidence of "stamped over". I wondered if it happened at Remington ( gun has Remington codes) but Dean feels the drop points and checkering border are wrong for Remington WWII era, feels they are Meriden era.
The area directly under the 2, on close exam, does not appear to be a stamped 3 but a combination of wood character and tool marks. I pulled the trigger guards on a couple of my other hammerless guns and the frame size is clearly stamped, no mistaking it.
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