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December 21, 2006
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Here’s one of those guns/letters that has one scratching ones head. Ser#4665, received in the warehouse before it was ser.#’rd. 1 of a collection of 6 ,’86’s I just purchased.
Question; would this gun qualify as a 1st. year production or not.
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September 19, 2014
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I don’t believe anyone ever said the records were perfect! There were Monday morning hangovers, or something,, that entered into the equation at times. But I DO love the flowing, artistic writing of the record keepers. Tim Oh, yeah, I have one record for an 1873 that was shipped a couple of years before it was made. The letter is annotated “as it appears in the records”!
May 23, 2009
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In these type cases, I always like to see a copy of the ledger page, as you have to remember the Cody Letter is an interpretation of the Researcher tasked with looking up the serial number. They too make mistakes as well. You never know where a ditto mark or something may have been missed.
Sincerely,
Maverick
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December 21, 2006
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Maverick I hear Ya’ I did check out the ledger and that’s what it says, just an oversight on the enterer, but a nice oddity none the less
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