Incorrect hammers?

[edgarspencer]

One part curiosity, one part boredom,and one part post Addieville blues, I decided to have a look at the back of my hammers.
One 12, and three sixteens, and no stamped number 2. However, I found something that sort of surprised me; no SN on one of the two one my grade 2 16ga. All appearances are they are original, and match each other. Huh!

[Autumn Daze]

Egger, Have a piece of that wonderful carrot cake. That should cheer you up....I just did...

[edgarspencer]

I trust you're washing it down with one of those Heinekens you were hiding over there.

[wayne goerres]

All of mine only have the serial no. That's interesting.

[Dean Romig]

Most of the hammers I've seen only have the serial numbers too.

[David Noble]

Here is another set with a 2 stamp. This was a set that Patrick Lein sold a while back.

[Dean Romig]

Interesting... 19595 and 21597 are 1880 and 1881 guns. I wonder if the additional stamp, in the case of these two serial numbers a "2", was something Parker Bros did particular to a small range of years or serial numbers.

Does anyone else have hammers with additional stamps besides the serial number?

[David Noble]

That's a possibility Dean, but here here's another set from 1881 without the "2".

[Dean Romig]

So much for that theory.......

[wayne goerres]

The 2 on the hammer appears to be stamped with the same punch used in the serial no. I thought it may have put on when they were cast for some reason. But apparently not.