As you will read in my upcoming research article, your gun being 240XXX is a Meriden Remington Parker and WOULD have Meriden markings. As we all have learned, the exceptions can rule. The first Ilion guns are 241XXX and USUALLY have a blank rib and sometimes an Ilion grip cap. But...... they were Yankees and the Connecticut guys who went north to Ilion were "Swamp Yankees" like me and they tended to use up what they had.
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