When I was a Kid, I saw several MN's that had been engraved very nicely.
My dad said that when they were shipped out of Korea, and sent to Japan or the other islands like Okinawa , if you had a captured rifle you could pay some of the local engravers to fancy it up for you.
And they did it really cheap, because after WW2 there wasnt much work .
Yes, and a CD was available with all the articles complied on it. They originally appeared in Shotgun News. These articles are also available in this book at Amazon:
https://www.amazon.ca/Gunsmithing-Pr.../dp/1934622540
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BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |