Tim, you raise a very interesting point as to WHY the wide flange. Ed's opinion is as reasonable as any others. But you are correct (I think)..the 1908 and later Navies were the only lugers with the wide flange. It would be nice to take a poll of the 1908 and later Navies to see which ones do not have the wide flange. But then a controversy would certainly ensue challenging the authenticity of the narrow flanged guns.
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