After purchasing this SOCOM mount used I found out about all of the clones. I believe it to maybe be an older one due to the serial number being on the opposite side of the markings. Can someone compare it to theirs for me? Thanks.

Here are some pics:

https://imgur.com/a/LpDkP4G

While we can't be certain just from the photos, this does not appear to be a genuine Geissele item.

Thank you for the response.

Please note, there was a mistake in our original comment and the item is NOT considered genuine.

Thanks for the update. Can you tell me what made you see that confirms that?  I am curious what  to look for.

Realizing that disclosing this information may facilitate counterfeiting even further, but I’d be curious myself.  Maybe via an IM…?

We've been discussing this since the topic was raised, and frankly, the only way we can be completely sure something is genuine is to look at it firsthand. Depending on when the item was manufactured we look for different "tells" yet those indicators aren't consistent due to manufacturing changes over time. What we'd like to do is have you use the Contact Us button on our website and share your photos again, then if we have the opportunity to bring the item in we can clear this up for you definitively.