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Unread 04-21-2017, 09:54 AM   #2
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1897 saw the introduction of Titanic Steel barrels and they were so marked from the beginning.
There are likely to be a small number of Grade 3 guns from the early 1900's without Titanic marked on the rib and without the T in the circle on the right barrel flat, but their originality would be questionable. A research letter on such a gun might reveal how the gun left Meriden.





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