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Unread 02-19-2007, 11:42 AM   #6
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It is a typo, but should read "1906". In the text it refers to the 1906 Navy Commercial.

You are correct that the front sight block on the Commercial model at the bottom of the page is much too low for a Navy and the barrel "band" is too short. It looks more like a standard '06 Commercial front sight than a Navy. I strongly suspect that it was rebarreled and did not come from the factory that way. The '06 Navy is a relatively scarce gun and Mr. Reese may not have seen a genuine piece to know the difference...or pehaps he hadn't counted on a sharp-eyed new collector spotting the difference!
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