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As I mentioned in another post I have an 1899 H in 22 HP that was returned to the factory for unspecified work on factory job #18088. There was no date for the work mentioned in JTC's letter.

Do we have any information from which we could infer an approximate date for the work based on the factory job number? If some letters have dates for factory work maybe we could build a database of dates vs. job numbers.

I have a 1899 H also in 22 HP. My JTC letter also states return to factory for unspecified work. made in 1914, returned around 1930. I will see what further info my letter has and post it up. Mine has barrel address like it was re barreled.

Jeff

Found letter, Job number 13380, dated March 19, 1932.

Jeff

My 1899 has four work orders, as follows:

7903 10/16/24
3411 10/13/33
3411 10/12/34
4604 10/24/36

The duplication of 3411, a year apart, seems strange. 7903 was for new sights fitted, and one of the others was apparently for barrel replacement, as the barrel on it is later than the serial number would indicate, and has the interrupted thread. The rifle was originally delivered to J. DeP. Lynch, of Savage, and each of the repair orders show delivery to Fred J Rath, a local Utica business man and politician.

Were a different series of job numbers allocated by department, or recycled?