[Jim Haney]

Bill,
Here are some pics of under the receiver. Also some additional pics of the barrel for Chuck to see that the serial number is also there. I missed it the first time around.

I cleaned it up and found that the serial numbers are on every part. It is on the back of the butt plate, on the trigger guard (It took a minute to figure out how to remove) and the stock even has the number in the wood under the trigger guard.

I work on and collect pocket watches and all of the early watches have the serial numbers, or the last 4 digits, on evey piece. The reason is that in this early period of 1860- 1900 every item was hand finished and unique to the whole part and usually one piece would not interchange without some adjusting, filing etc.
My Dad bought this on the eastern shore (Ocean City, Md) at a yard sale for $100 and he made a $50 profit on it from me.