As expected 290 was obliterated. Thank you for all the information!
Dang dude, that one isn't obliterated, it's very neatly destroyed! Seriously, some of the other S&B PSR limited edition scope were absolutely wrecked! The damage to your scope was very neatly done, and only the UID and NSN were blacked out. This actually looks like a legit military issued scope had 2 pieces of information carefully and thoughtfully redacted, which is exactly what happened to it. I've seen this careful engraving redaction on other PSR limited edition scopes that had a high serial number (the xxx/300 number).
When my friend and I were checking PSR limited edition scopes for intact markings many, many years ago, we didn't find many scopes that had the engravings neatly removed. Instead, we kept coming across absolute butcher jobs when we pulled the plaques off! I found the two photos below on the internet, and even though these aren't my photos, they show what is normally found underneath the plaque on the vast majority of the limited edition S&B PSR scopes. Obliteration!
In the photo below, the 3M tape hasn't been completely removed, but we can see that even the cage code that's right below the UID has been obliterated! If you look at the other photos above, the cage code and serial number are usually the engravings that survive defacing. However, the scope in the photo below could possibly have every single line of engraving obliterated (with the possible exception of the serial number).
The lowest limited edition serial number scopes (xxx/300 number) have the best odds of possibly having intact markings. The bulk of the bell curve in the middle of the limited edition serial number range has various degrees of severe engraving obliteration. The highest limited edition serial number scopes have the best odds of possibly having very neatly destroyed markings (just like
@N55's PSR scope).
Obviously everyone prefers PSR scopes that have intact markings, but the carefully redacted scopes would be a nice consolation prize. I think that most people would pick
@N55's PSR scope with neatly destroyed markings over one of the two PSR scopes photographed above with the brutally obliterated markings.
Also, the only time I ever use the word "obliterated" is when I'm discussing the defaced markings on these limited edition S&B PSR scopes. This is similar to how I only say the words "aardvark dick" when I'm discussing the Mk13 Mod 5 barrel profile. Lol, we should all keep using the word "obliterated" every time that we're discussing the obliterated markings on the limited edition S&B PSR scopes! It's to the point that these scopes are no longer PSR limited editions, they're now known as the S&B Obliterated Edition! Lol, who the fuck started this "obliterated" shit with the PSR limited editions? That had to have been part of a discussion 6 or 7 years ago on one of the forums. Ridiculous.