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Originally Posted by TJI
3)the serial under the ejector rod looks like this 9 270857 *
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Nice looking gun there. That "9" is most likely the letter "B" to indicate the gun left the factory as a blued gun. Too bad about the grip frame serial number. The * after the serial number indicates it went back to the mothership and had some work done to it. Look on the left side of the grip frame, with stocks removed, to see if there is some kind of date stamp to indicate a re-blue. Don't worry to much about that obliterated serial number. It's been in the family for a long time without incident. As long as it stays in the family I wouldn't worry too much about it. Most likely dates to Feb/Mar 1917.