Dou 43 floorplate

jmcjr

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I have a DOU 43 That has a milled floorplate, mismatched. The triggerguard is stamped and matching the rifle. What is the correct floorplate, Stamped or milled?
 
It depends on range (the suffix); this is a rather easy question when the suffix is established, dou does vary but trends do group quite a bit...
 
No suffix, 4 digit serial number
It would certainly be milled without maker mark or acceptance BUT would have carried the full 4-digit serial. Best would be a totally unmarked milled FP I suppose.
 
Could be either stamped or milled.
I thought they ran exclusively milled/milled TG/FP combos until late in the single letter block in 43?

I see my error now. Because the S/N didn't rolled over, the no suffix didn't occur until much later in the production year. My bad. Brain fart.
 
Only one no-suffix w/TG original recorded and it is milled; stamped TG/FP universal a-i block; milled start with i block and run to r-block, then stamped till end of 43. So far no deviation or mixing for 1943.
 
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