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Austin, presuming V3 to indicate D grade with Vulcan Steel barrels and V4 to indicate C grade with Vulcan Steel barrels, the TI3 guns began with serial number 86736 in 1897 and the first Vulcan Steel barrels appear to have been made in 1895 as a Grade 3 hammerless gun rather than on a Grade 1 gun.
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