S.n. in lever of the insurance?

sheepherder · 04-19-2010, 08:55 AM

I think Antonio may be referring to my comment in his other thread of my not knowing that the safety lever (the thumb piece with the grooves) had a number. My S/42 does indeed have a number, but the font is so small and the strike fairly light that I never noticed it until I looked at his close-up pics.

Neither of my commercials has it. Interesting that the military models would be pretty much all-numbered, but not so with the commercial models.

Leads to the question: Were the commercials held to a higher standard than the militaries??? Was it easier to have bins full of [military] parts and just keep swapping in parts until they worked??? And leave the hand-fitting to the commercials that could be worked on at leisure???

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04-19-2010, 08:55 AM	#6
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,208 Thanks: 1,425 Thanked 4,474 Times in 2,343 Posts	I think Antonio may be referring to my comment in his other thread of my not knowing that the safety lever (the thumb piece with the grooves) had a number. My S/42 does indeed have a number, but the font is so small and the strike fairly light that I never noticed it until I looked at his close-up pics. Neither of my commercials has it. Interesting that the military models would be pretty much all-numbered, but not so with the commercial models. Leads to the question: Were the commercials held to a higher standard than the militaries??? Was it easier to have bins full of [military] parts and just keep swapping in parts until they worked??? And leave the hand-fitting to the commercials that could be worked on at leisure???