Well I'll be darned...after saying all of this, Doc Fisher reports seeing a nice 1900 early Swiss that was floating around the last Las Vegas show...serial # 861 and it is stamped with "61" on the right side of the magazine release spindle...

...now I don't know what to think...
Regards,
Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />