an odd one

StarOfTheWest · 12-09-2007, 02:22 PM

Thank you for your observations, folks.

Yes, I doubt the family list guess as to meaning of the internal stamped marks.
Sometimes, the list is very accurate, other times, I wonder about the conclusions drawn, and write it off to bad info in the old books.

I agree with Ron Wood, who graciously called me yesterday, that the usn marks were most likely inspector marks.
This is a junkyard dog of a matched 1900, and I am a bit regretful of posting details of *this* particular gun for the first in detail description on this board.
It is rough and has some problems.

The toggle may very well have had the DWM ground off, upon closer inspection, but the whole beastie is in such a shape that I may have missed this.

It has the mag glitch, is in awful shape, (no pitting, but damn, no blue either), and is really not a good representative of this collection.
Just an oddity that happened to pop up because of its mag glitch.

Thanks for the ideas, and I will look for that mark, Lugerdoc, but I don't really think this gun has it.

Just a poor old 107 year old gun that has seen better times.

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12-09-2007, 02:22 PM	#4
StarOfTheWest User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: East Texas, CSA Posts: 208 Thanks: 81 Thanked 15 Times in 12 Posts	Thank you for your observations, folks. Yes, I doubt the family list guess as to meaning of the internal stamped marks. Sometimes, the list is very accurate, other times, I wonder about the conclusions drawn, and write it off to bad info in the old books. I agree with Ron Wood, who graciously called me yesterday, that the usn marks were most likely inspector marks. This is a junkyard dog of a matched 1900, and I am a bit regretful of posting details of this particular gun for the first in detail description on this board. It is rough and has some problems. The toggle may very well have had the DWM ground off, upon closer inspection, but the whole beastie is in such a shape that I may have missed this. It has the mag glitch, is in awful shape, (no pitting, but damn, no blue either), and is really not a good representative of this collection. Just an oddity that happened to pop up because of its mag glitch. Thanks for the ideas, and I will look for that mark, Lugerdoc, but I don't really think this gun has it. Just a poor old 107 year old gun that has seen better times.