Concerning the AA Grade 34" gun that Tom mentions, it is serial number 148,348 and prior to Tom, it was stored in Bart Cox's home in Maryland and was probably owned by Henry Bartholomew at the time Tom found it. Bart Cox's list mentioned a set of barrels, also AA Grade, serial number 151,106, that letter as 30", that may have been fitted to the 34" receiver. No mention on the list of a gun with serial number 151,106, only the barrels. The 34" gun is on Captain DuBray's 1910 factory inventory list. The gun was made in 1908, and DuBray's list was dated 1910, with the gun specified as a Meriden gun, so I would assume that it was a new gun that DuBray would show to prospective customers. Thanks, Tom, for your great post.
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