Posted by David Williamson on October 20, 2011, 11:28 am, in reply to "Re: 10 gauge Ideal Grade"
As a time period that the two piece top tang ended, like anything else, L.C. Smith, who knows. I have a lettered Grade 2E circa 1914, that has the two piece top tang and is lettered 350 guns above the last recorded Grade, and the last one in the ledgers. The two piece top tang was most commonly seen on the earlier guns as Dr. Drew has stated.