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SDC · October 6, 2009, 07:53 AM

Very nice condition; I'd say that the stamp on the breech is just an assembly number, allowing the barrel and the grip to be processed through in lots during manufacture, but still returned to their proper pair for sale ("72" - "1272"); at the time these were made, most guns required a certain amount of hand-fitting to work properly, so they wanted to ensure that once they had all the parts working together properly, they wouldn't get separated again, even though they HAD to be separated for things like polishing and plating.

October 6, 2009, 07:53 AM	#2
SDC Senior Member Join Date: January 23, 2001 Location: People's Republic of Kanada Posts: 1,652	Very nice condition; I'd say that the stamp on the breech is just an assembly number, allowing the barrel and the grip to be processed through in lots during manufacture, but still returned to their proper pair for sale ("72" - "1272"); at the time these were made, most guns required a certain amount of hand-fitting to work properly, so they wanted to ensure that once they had all the parts working together properly, they wouldn't get separated again, even though they HAD to be separated for things like polishing and plating. __________________ Gun control in Canada: making the streets safer for rapists, muggers, and other violent criminals since 1936.