I went back to the shop that has the gun for sale. The trigger guard is engraved 204063 as I stated in my original post. However the frame, barrels, and forearm are stamped 205063. No records exist for the latter. The engraving of the S/N on the trigger guard is poorly done. Could this be common for a gun made in 1923? All of my guns are earlier and the S/N engraving is nicely done. It also doesn't seem to me that a mix up on the S/N's would be the 3rd digit of a 6 digit number.
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