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Military FW

Posted by Dennis Yager on December 14, 2019, 7:11 am

I have FW field grade 202070. It has the flaming bomb on barrel flat but not the crossed cannons or initials RBL. Letter was ordered and states "shipped to Rochester Ordnance District". Letter also states "should have flaming bomb and crossed cannon ordnance stamp along with initials RBL".
My concern is the lack of "should have" stamps beyond the bomb may question the authenticity. Anyone else have a military with only the bomb?

Re: Military FW

Posted by Dennis Yager on December 14, 2019, 8:10 am, in reply to "Military FW"

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Re: Military FW

Posted by Jim Stubbendieck on December 14, 2019, 9:10 am, in reply to "Military FW"

Mr. Yager

My choice of words is the cause of your concern. After saying that it was shipped to Rochester Ordnance along with the date and order number (which makes it an authentic military shotgun), I said that "It should have a flaming bomb and crossed cannons ordnance stamps along with the initials RLB on the barrel flats. Col. Roy L. Bolin was Chief of the Rochester Ordnance District. These shotguns were used to train aerial gunners how to lead targets."

A better choice of words may have been ". . . will have a flaming bomb and most have a crossed cannon and the initials RBL . . ." I will revise you letter so that you do not need to be concerned about the possibility of others questioning the authenticity of your shotgun.

Re: Military FW

Posted by Ken Descovich on December 14, 2019, 12:03 pm, in reply to "Military FW"

There was one just on gunbroker for sale without the initials and crossed cannons but did have the flaming bomb. It was in the correct serial number range. It appears that they are correct.
Ken

Re: Military FW

Posted by Dennis Yager on December 14, 2019, 1:22 pm, in reply to "Re: Military FW"

Jim Thank You!!

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