Mike,
I appreciate the reply and description of your gun. You made me go back to check Dwight's list more closely - looks like there are a lot of 1900s in the later range with 3-digit parts. Thanks for confirming which parts had the 3-digits.
The overstamping is another thing - is there any evidence that this was done at the factory at the end of the 1900 production run or is this someone trying to make replacement parts match on a gun? One thing, if the toggle is a replacement it was done a long time ago as the patina all matches perfectly. I guess it is unreasonable to think that parts wouldn't have worn out or have broken.
Something else that was curious about 21430 is that it had three leaves in the main spring - the normal 2-leaf spring with another added on top but not attached. It seemed to work fine but I was able to find a couple of brand new springs and replaced the old ones on this and 8115, just in case. I got to get out and shoot these things !!!!
By the by, your gun is on the version of Dwight's list that I have - version 3.1 - 1/1/08
John
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