No Grade Stamp

[B. Dudley]

In the era that this gun was produced, grade two guns typically had sculpted bolsters, damascus barrels, 3 point checkering patterns and light engraving including knick-dot botders with some flourishes of scroll. The game birds on grade 2 guns came later.

[Bill Murphy]

I made my statement about Grade 1 Damascus guns after I thought I had read a five digit serial number starting in #4. There are Grade 1 Damascus guns in the forties, but this gun is obviously not one of them.