Paul, the Damascus steel designation is found in both the order and stock book. What the credit for "barrels furnished" means I have no clue and there's no one ask at the factory, they are all dead! Looking at the picture, the stock length doesn't look real short, maybe he was measuring from the rear trigger. That's a real nice gun, congratulations.
Glad you liked the quick response on the research letter. Online does speed things up if you are in a hurry. As soon as Mary get's the request and confirmation on payment, she send it to me right away. I usually try to get the letters done within a day or two of receiving the request. All I do is sit around the house eating bon- bons and doing letters
P.S. Truth be told, I don't type the entire letter. Word templates are a great thing! Just fill in a few things and do a lot of cut and paste!