Читать книгу Gun Digest 2011 онлайн

132 страница из 495

VARIATION #2

Variation #2 differs from Variation #1 only in that the stamped patent information on the right side of the barrel cluster reads: PAT’D.JAN.27,1920. That is the date which was discovered to be in error. The patent papers are plainly marked as July, not January. I’ve had only six Variation #2 specimens reported to the database. These represent just under 4% of the total number reported. This would indicate 1,260 units probably were produced from mid-1923 to early in 1924, a guesstimated total of 1,260 units. Personally, I have a hunch it may have been even less.

Erroneous patent date identifying Variation #2.

VARIATION #2.5

Variation #2.5 differs from Variation #2 in ways which strongly indicate it to be a short-run transitional piece to the later Variation #3, which the company seems to have eventually settled on and produced in greatest volume. The serial numbers can be found in the same locations as on Variations #1 and #2. The only visible external clue that this is not one of those two earlier variations is that no alignment pin is found in the metal plate on the right side, even though it has the correct patent date stamped on it, which would immediately identify it as a Variation #3. The patent info reads: PAT. JULY 27, 1920. It’s interesting to note that the stamped patent information on Variation #2.5 has a space separating each word or group of numerals.