[Jamesmyboy]

First of all, I know we have a contradiction of terms but, that's why the question. A neighbor brought a piece by for me to look at and here's what he had. A trapdoor with the date of 1869 on the breech-block, serial number on the left side of the breech, but no matching number on the barrel where it should have been. And, 1869s were manufactured as 50/70; this one is 45/70. In trying to find out something about this weapon, I Googled all over the place and found a curious thing. My neighbor's piece has a four digit number in 9XXX range and I found another 1869, full military, in 45/70, no number on the barrel, but a breech numbered 9XXX. So here we have two '69s rebarrelled to 45/70 in the same serial number range. Any information on this situation? Thanks up front for any and all info.