There are some odd things in the old serial number records; for instance, in the DeLuxe Grade recap there is no shipping date for DeLuxe gun #210074. This serial number is recorded in, and recapped from a 1909 ledger; and the words "De Luxe" penned within the ledger entry line by someone other than the individual who originally penciled the serial number entry. This gun is not considered the very first DeLuxe gun made by Brophy; but with this number being in the 1909 ledger and no ship date, one can sure make a good case that DeLuxe #210074 was the first Deluxe (if indeed it was a Deluxe gun, as a source tells me the gun was actually an A4 Grade?). To my knowledge, gun #210074 has yet to surface; I would surely be interested to inspect this gun!