I don't remember the year that I bought my first 9422M, but I think that it was around 1975. It was not an XTR, and it didn't have checkering. That one went by the wayside some time ago, but it has been replaced by its twin.
I've been trying to find out when this one was made, and everything I've found is dead wrong. The lists show those made around my SN are XTRs, mine is not an XTR, So what gives~?

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