It may be a long shot but I wouldn't count it out of the running altogether. After all, there is a span of 5-7 years between the two guns and who knows who engraved each example...probably unlikely it would be the same engraver for both. The monogram looks like GHP to me (the extra little flourish is more like a G than a C). But, all that notwithstanding, there isn't a shred of evidence to link it to Powell (unless your family stashed away a documented provenance!), so it will probably remain a neat mystery. Thanks for posting it.
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If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction
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