Who would have electro penciled the serial no. on the bolt in my Garand? The Greeks? The rifle came from CMP and is a 1943 Sprng. with crossed cannons and SA GAW. The circle P is on the hand grip and the rifle has no other stamps or apparent rebuild. I had ordered an 03 A3 from CMP way back and when I didn't get anything I called. They ended up saying they'd send a nice Garand. I'm starting to thin out my collection and I'm wondering how this marking will affect the value. A quick look on Gun Broker showed no penciled bolts but a number of Garands with no picture of the top of the bolt. HMMM.
Thanks - I'm sure this has been asked before.