After ten years and lots of looking..

Navy · 11-01-2002, 01:50 PM

Alain,

It is SN 136; the magazine is SN 143. Suffice it to say, I would be willing to pay some very serious money for an imperial Navy magazine with that SN!

I am not certain about the toggle checkering, but if I remember correctly that was part of the transition from the 1903 Prototype test pieces to the production 04 guns.

Tom A. <img src="graemlins/yltype.gif" border="0" alt="[typing]" />

11-01-2002, 01:50 PM	#18
Navy RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dc 'burbs in Virginia Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	Alain, It is SN 136; the magazine is SN 143. Suffice it to say, I would be willing to pay some very serious money for an imperial Navy magazine with that SN! I am not certain about the toggle checkering, but if I remember correctly that was part of the transition from the 1903 Prototype test pieces to the production 04 guns. Tom A. <img src="graemlins/yltype.gif" border="0" alt="[typing]" />