Re: Serial Number 355555 Record
Thanks Jim for the clarification; I knew I was close. So clearly a Smith gun denoted "XXX" within the ledgers was either left ungraded or was made into a different grade. So the next question is do you think the "XXX" stamps on the bottoms of the barrel tubes of these early guns is meant to correspond to the "XXX" designation in the ledgers since some examples are clearly graded and others are not? One will also find "XX" barrel tube stamps on these early graded and ungraded guns, and I think those "XX" designations are also found in the ledgers; please shed some light towards understanding those marks also. Thanks, Tom
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