Thanks and I can see what you mean with collectible 99s. For mine, however, a letter might tell me who a gun went to and at a seemingly unreliable date. I really don’t own any top shelf collectible 99s but I do see what you mean.
I might have misread what Rory and others said, but, I don't think your ship date on the rifle is unreliable, it's just out of sequence. Maybe old Fred grabbed an action and stuck it in his locker, or on a shelf, to build his own gun. Then old Fred croaked, and no one found it for 2 years, who knows?
