Originally Posted By: Stan
What was the latest that they made the '97, and what do you think was the barrel steel in those later guns?...Just how good was the steel in the '97s? SRH


Stan they sold the thing up through 1957 I seem to remember. I am sure the barrel steel was whatever they were using through the years. Later mfg. date, probably better steel...Geo

Goillini remembered before I could.

Last edited by Geo. Newbern; 09/24/16 08:22 PM. Reason: added last sentence