[Researcher]

The gun on GI does have the normally shown No. 7 engraving on the barrels. The checkering on the No. 7 normally included the patch of checkering above and below the stock cheek.

No. 7, 1915 catalogue.jpg

No. 7E FLUES, 12-GAUGE, 28-inch 01.jpg

No. 7E Flues, 12-gauge, 28-inch, early, 1932 SNST 02.jpeg

Even into the NID era.

No. 7E, NID, 12-gauge, 28-inch.jpg