This rifle is #2309 which is the highest Sedgley serial # I have seen. With the large Sedgley marking on the barrel I'm sure it was produced during WW2 when they were making two models, Deluxe and Special which was marked on the barrel by the caliber. None of the pre-war rifles have any model marked on the barrel. Rifles in the 2200 numbers were acquired by stores as new rifles in 1945 from data furnished to me by Griffin & Howe.
Now might be a good time to again ask if anyone out there may have a booklet titled "The Story of Sedgley Guns" that was shown in the Nov 1943 AR (I'll scan the ad and have Fred post it). I ask about this a few years ago and got no response. I would sure like to at least get a copy of what they printed in the booklet.
The rifle came without the Lyman 48 slide and I had what was left of a 48 Mauser slide that I had robbed parts from so I put it in the 48 to fill the space.
Dan
