Norm,

I tend to agree with you. I prefer the hammerless guns. This is a M55 with chain link damascus. The M55 was the second highest grade in the early catalogs. I recently purchased a M58 with chain link damascus, but have not gotten around to taking pictures of it. Without even looking at the serial number, you can tell it is a later gun because of the engraving.



This is my M55, an earlier gun. This one has Krupp barrels.



Pete

http://www.damascus-barrels.com/Movie.html