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old 30/40 #4285222 07/30/10
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 66 J justy OP Campfire Greenhorn
OP justy Campfire Greenhorn J Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 66	How do I find out how old this gun is.Its a model 1898 with a #488800 on it, thx.

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Re: old 30/40 justy #4285316 07/30/10
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,613 Likes: 2 SW WA bcp Campfire Tracker
bcp Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,613 Likes: 2 SW WA	Double-check your number. Your number is higher than on this list. They may have made more receivers than rifles, in order to have some for repairs. Or they were serial numbered but unfinished as rifles when 1903 production started. But over 10,000 higher is a lot. From: http://www.nps.gov/spar/historyculture/upload/SA%20US%20KRAG%20serial%20numbers.doc Attached Images KragSerial.jpg (24.34 KB, 138 downloads)

Re: old 30/40 bcp #4286990 07/30/10
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Seafire Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 42,928 Likes: 13 Southern Oregon USA	according to that, my Calvary Model was made in 1896... "Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC “Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez

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