The area on the bottom of the receiver near the lever boss has a uniform patina as on the rest of the receiver and shows no telltale depression that would indicate removal of the serial number. I don't think it is an early enough rifle to to have been produced when serial numbers were not used. Also, if someone removed the serial number, it still has a strange asterix where the date code belongs. Where you saying that there was some sort of furniture that had the "number 3 over BR lettering" stamped on it?
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