Thanks, men. I couldnt remember the exact serial # when I posted the question. Ive checked and it is 37443. That would lead me to believe that this is one of the last 1897s but for one anomaly. It has the fish top lever. Daryl, from your Vol 9 DGJ article, I see that Baker went with a straight lever on the last 1000. I know this would not be the first mystery with antique double guns (and that it could just be that the lever was broken and replaced with an earlier lever) but have you come across any more information since the article that would shed additional light on this?
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