There's no letter next to the serial number. I don't suppose it really matters when it was made, just curious. I have high hopes that this will be a good shooter. The bore looks good. I'll probably just shoot it with the open sights a while first then decide on what kind of peep to install. I shoot much better with a peep sight, but this has long enough sight radius and good open sights so I may be able to do alright with it.

I'm gonna have to pull the .250 one out of the safe and shoot it more. The trigger pull on it is much worse than this one if I remember right. It has the tang safety on it, so not nearly as old. It sure is pretty, though, I'll probably not ever hunt with that one.