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Not sure if this helps guys but mine is serial 325X and lettered as being shipped to Shoverling, Daly and Gales of NYC on Sept 1 1898, not sure why it sat so long.
Then on 9/3/98 another entry shows as "return, "R" special, Chas E Lisdall". It's been sporterised so I'm guessing this is what an "R" special is all about. Shortened to 22" bbl and regular crescent butt but nothing fancy about it, just a plain old shooter now.
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May be just a plain old shooter now, Joe, but what a plain old shooter!!
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Not sure if this helps guys but mine is serial 325X and lettered as being shipped to Shoverling, Daly and Gales of NYC on Sept 1 1898, not sure why it sat so long.
Then on 9/3/98 another entry shows as "return, "R" special, Chas E Lisdall". It's been sporterised so I'm guessing this is what an "R" special is all about. Shortened to 22" bbl and regular crescent butt but nothing fancy about it, just a plain old shooter now. An R is logged in the ledger for any round barreled sporting rifle, so probably indicates yours was converted to an 1895A. Special might indicate the 22" barrel. Chas E Lisdall sounds familiar.
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MD...
Am I correct that it had the same pin in the front of the trigger guard and indication of a military type rear sight...same as the two that RLG had? I'm not sure what barrel length or butt plate RLG's had. I was thinking that the three were the same.
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Rick, yes it has the pin and the notch for the rear sight. It was the rear sight notch that put me onto it being a military rifle originally.
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