Help ID a 7.65 mm

DanLins · 08-08-2023, 03:56 PM

So you believe this to have been made in or before 1913? I removed the grips and see a faded handwritten '6814' on one of them, clearly handwritten.

Wondering of Dwight Gruber might consider putting this one in his database. He shows the previous one, #6813, and then it jumps to 6821. I assume with all the potential modifications performed by many different gunsmiths, it is impossible to really date the original manufacture date or the remodel date.

Dan

Doubs · 08-08-2023, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by DanLins

So you believe this to have been made in or before 1913? Dan

The grip doesn't appear to have had a stock lug so that would date the frame to somewhere between 1909 and 1913. If the receiver is original to the frame then that places it at 1910 ~ 1913 as the serial number wasn't stamped on the left side of the receiver until 1910.

08-08-2023, 03:56 PM	#1
DanLins User Join Date: Aug 2023 Location: Salem, Oregon Posts: 6 Thanks: 1 Thanked 9 Times in 4 Posts	So you believe this to have been made in or before 1913? I removed the grips and see a faded handwritten '6814' on one of them, clearly handwritten. Wondering of Dwight Gruber might consider putting this one in his database. He shows the previous one, #6813, and then it jumps to 6821. I assume with all the potential modifications performed by many different gunsmiths, it is impossible to really date the original manufacture date or the remodel date. Dan