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Lowest to highest recorded numbers account for 11,071 units if there are no skips,gaps or 1903's in there. May be close to actual numbers produced.

Attached is a picture of SN 112500A. It's from the auction site when it was listed.

I zoomed the side showing and it looks like it has a screw for the later style ejector. Could someone with better image skills check and confirm? Thanks!

Steve, I don't think that picture can be improved much but it does look like the 2nd style to me also. (The rear sight looks like a fairly new Remington).

Here is a 1903 with the first style ejector and a higher serial number, 121427
1903 on GB

Thanks Gene. Thats two of them. Possible confirmation of your suspicion regarding reserved numbers and this ejector type.

Re-reading what GeneB wrote in his first post to this thread and looking at the SN sheet again,it looks like there were no Model 1909's made in 1909. Looks like most, if not all, production ocurred in 1910 and sales continued until they were gone, as Rick has indicated. As Gene pointed out, catalogue #50 that introduces the Model 1912 didn't include the 1909. That would ahve been in 1912?

I'm thinking something closer to 12,000 total production based on what we have.

Not the best pic, but my JTC Letter.

Jeff, thanks for posting that. That didn't take long.

Steve

Thanks for posting. We don't see many letters on the .22's.

The most interesting to me about the letter is, In 99 years, this rifle made it from Ohio to Lacey Washington. Oh the history, if it could only talk. I guess this is one of the rewards for being caretakers for these small parts of history.


Jeff