Just a note. I was quite confused by Randell's numbering information just after I bought his book while I was stationed at Ft. Hood TX. (he autographed and numbered it for me). I mean, even with my shoes on 11800-11300 = 500 not 300. When I asked him he politely explained that I should check the previous page (I was looking at p.75) and note that there were 40s, 41s, 42s, 43s, and 44s all in that serial range and there is no order to the numbers by chamber dates. I felt like a total dumb a...
I noted that Still in his more recient work list 21 as the number of known examples of a 43 chamber date. This equals what Gibson has. I was able to provide Gibson with two additional numbers that I observed in Fort Worth gun shows (circa '82). Bringing it up to 23. I would assume more have been found in the last 20 years.
Gary
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