Hammer Stamper Needs New Glasses.

[edgarspencer]

This gun may turn out to be the gun from Hell...oops, sorry, Heck.
The real number is 76544, or at least all but the hammers are stamped as such.
Before someone suggests they came from 77544, that was not a hammer gun.

[Dean Romig]

I guess his dad wasn't a carpenter..... you know, the guys who "measure twice - cut once"

[B. Dudley]

I have observed multiple Stampings on hammers before and also stamping errors on a forend of a later hammerless gun. These oddities are interesting for sure.

Now, Edgar. If you sell that gun, I don't want to see you advertising it as "numbers matching".

[edgarspencer]

Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

I have observed multiple Stampings on hammers before and also stamping errors on a forend of a later hammerless gun. These oddities are interesting for sure.

Now, Edgar. If you sell that gun, I don't want to see you advertising it as "numbers matching".

Who is going to answer an ad for an all original but non matching number gun?

[10ga Hammer]

Must have been a "Monday" gun.

[edgarspencer]

Robert, I'm guessing in 1893, Sundays were for the family, and saloons were closed. On the other hand, times were improving then from their last 'depression' and they may have been working half days on Saturday, after a night out Friday.