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Serial numbering parts was simply standard practice in German military small arms manufacturing. It was originally needed because parts were hand fitted before hardening and finishing and the final assemblers had to get the original fitted parts back in the right gun. By WWII, German (and American) tooling was precise enough that hand fitting was not necessary, but military regulations called for it and regulations had to be followed. So German factory workers spent untold man hours gauging, trying, and stamping serial numbers and inspection markings on every tiny part, in order to comply with outdated rules. I don't say such silliness lost them the war, but it sure didn't help them any.
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Good points. When I mentioned about them wanting those parts numbered, I was coming from the angle of since it was a new rifle, numbering the parts on a finished G41 rifle would have to help with trouble shooting, or do you think that it wouldn't matter at all? Just curious.