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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Perplexed" data-source="post: 1667712" data-attributes="member: 7157"><p>Yep.  That's quite a bit before what I figured was the receiver's DOB, but if the finish on the barrel matches that of the receiver, it could well be the original barrel.  Given the rifle's production after cessation of hostilities in both WW2 and the Korean War, it probably saw relatively little service, so it kept its original barrel.  If it had been a WW2 receiver, a correctly dated barrel would have been unusual (or someone found one and put it on the rifle in recent years), as they were replaced wholesale after the wars, during the arsenal rebuilds.  The "6535" portion is the drawing number, and I believe the "A223A" portion is the lot number.</p></blockquote><p></p>