OK folks, here is a repeat of SN 241,600, the 20ga G ( third photo), and another of my SN 241, 601, the last C in the Serialization Book and a gun sold in 1939( first photo). See what you think about the frame sculpting.
For Sarah Runge, the engraving on the C floor plate, though unsigned, has been attributed without hesitation to your grandfather by several people that I regard as knowledgeable. Runge dogs were distinctive. The G looks to me like it could be Runge engraving but I am not prepared to say that it is, as these lower grade guns like G's were often done by engraving staff rather than the master engraver.
The second photo is of a 1910 C 16ga, and you can see the frame sculpting does not extend as far to the trigger plate as it does in the 1939 gun.
Back from Boy Scout camp after a session watching over several archery departments serving about 1000 boys. What fun even though it was over 100 degrees every day.
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