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Originally Posted by jleiper
. . . the first 5000 3rd Models were delivered in March of 1875, the 4th contract (the first third models) should have been completed well before the end of 1875 and there would be a 10 month gap before another contract was even signed?
Joe
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That is interesting. Roy gave me a January, 1875 ship date for my Commercial Russian. Do you have a ship date for your Russian?
Looking at the SWCA databse is not much help, since few guns have ship dates, but a couple of observations. Regarding the 2nd Model, there is a large gap from sn 14,6XX to sn34,3XX. The highest number in the database is 38,5XX for the 2nd Model. The Third Model highest number is 51,9XX. I deduce that my Russian was one of the last one's out the door at the factory, but the ship date of 01/1875 seems way too early since a 50,2XX 3rd Model was not shipped until 1878??