Can anyone translate this writing

[p246]

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[JB White]

Is there a marking which looks like a backwards S inside a triangle? That would be the Iraqi property mark.

[p246]

Is there a marking which looks like a backwards S inside a triangle? That would be the Iraqi property mark.

Gonna go look...standby

[p246]

Not that I can see J.B. Of course it looks like it's a Century Arms Inc import so I suppose the stock could have been put on there....or anywhere in between. The stock color and wear seem to match though.

[JB White]

Mentioned it because Iraq was listed as a possibility. Not a large mark but typically found on the metal on top the receiver ring or Knocks form/barrel flat.

[BEAR]

CAI (Century Arms International) ST RLC VI (St Albans, Vermont) PR3 (????) 303 UK (caliber)

CAI moved to Georgia, Vermont in 2000.

[JB White]

CAI (Century Arms International) ST RLC VI (St Albans, Vermont) PR3 (????) 303 UK (caliber)

CAI moved to Georgia, Vermont in 2000.

It should read similar to:

CAI ST ALB MK3 303 UK

Importer, model/caliber, country of origin

BATF made requirement changes as to the type of marking and the location in the post '86 timeframe. From laser etching on the barrel beneath the handguards, to the barrel, then to the receiver. Gradually progressing to the huge dot matrix markings which are obnoxiously ugly and cannot pass for a small obscure blip to the untrained eye.

[p246]

It should read similar to:

CAI ST ALB MK3 303 UK

Importer, model/caliber, country of origin

BATF made requirement changes as to the type of marking and the location in the post '86 timeframe. From laser etching on the barrel beneath the handguards, to the barrel, then to the receiver. Gradually progressing to the huge dot matrix markings which are obnoxiously ugly and cannot pass for a small obscure blip to the untrained eye.

Its on the receiver and its a crappy stamp not dot matrix for sure. It definitely is a CAI under a magnifier. It does look like it might be ST RLC VI. What looks like a PR3 probably is MK 3 but the first two letters are so lightly stamped who knows. Finally it is 303 UK. So a CAI import probably came over from England in the 90's. Thanks much for more education.

[JB White]

Willing to make a small wager that RLC VI is really a poorly struck ALB VT?