A friend called me up at work today and said he was inspecting a 1900 16 ga, for possible purchase/trade and wanted me to look it over. I should have taken some photos of the lettering and numbers on it with my I-phone. It had the number 19 in the same sequence of letters and number that you show Researcher in the photo of the FE. It was also a pre-1906 gun.
I surmised, probably wrongly, on some of the lettering, but had no clue on the number. It was an extractor gun with 26" barrels. Not too sure how many 1900's came with 26" barrels, if any. It looked to me as though they may have been cut since they didn't touch, but the gap was very skinny.
Last edited by Cameron; 05/14/15 09:02 PM.
