I dated the 45-70 off a No 1 website @ a year 2000.
My 7x57 RSI is a Red pad gun. Great shooter too. Didnt bother to get it out to date it though . Had it for a lot of years.
My little 1a in 7x57 is an early red pad model, like yours a good shooter. I found it at a gun show, for a real bargin price. Metal was good but the wood was horrible. Iooked like it had been road hard and put up wet. The finish was all cloudy and spots missing, so bad you could not see the grain underneath. A lot of careful scraping, and then careful sanding resulted in one of the prettiest #1 stocks I have, but it did take a lot of time and effort.
