Okay - finally... the serial number. At first I thought I read 227591 but it turns out 227591 is a Trojan. Looking more closely I read it now as 227691 which is a SC H 2 S 12 32 so it now appears the whole gun was upgraded and what a work of art, certainly equal to the SB's being produced in Meriden.
It has two separate Remington service codes which begs the question, "Did Remington perform the upgrade?"
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George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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