Rory It is a 1899A with a 26 inch barrel. By the way I carry your book with me to the gun shows.
Bill
Glad you like it! Carrying it thru gun stores and shows is what it was made for. I still carry it, can't remember everything that got put into the book with my memory!
Took me a very long time to find a reasonably priced 38-55, they are very popular. Got a takedown 1899A in 32-40, be nice to have a set of all 3 like that.
It would be an interesting exercise to go through a big dataset of 1899's from 1906 to 1921 by model and see how many of each were takedowns. I can answer a few off the top of my head...
1899B - 0%
1899C - 0%
1899D - 0%
1899F - 0%
MHG - 0%
1899H in 22HP (The Imp) - 100%
250-3000 - 100%
1899H in 1919/1920 - 100%
So 1899A, 1899A SR, and non-22HP 1899H's (1906-1917). I wouldn't be surprised if BillR's numbers were close. 25% of 1899A and 1899A SR, and maybe 75% of 1899H's?