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Unread 05-14-2013, 09:33 PM   #1
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Default 86 or 98

I am hoping someone knows the orientation od the numbers on the hold open

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I took one of mine apart to tell you...But mine reads "98"...
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I would say 86, it seems to me that all the stamps are numbered as if holding the gun, but nothing but a feeling on that.
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It reads "86"

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Ditto, 86.
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Default 86 not 98

I concur that the number is "86".

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