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Originally Posted by glowe
I have found that the majority of any particular model is documented correctly by Neal & Jinks, there are many S&Ws out there with slightly different dates than Roy & Neal's patent date section. It is never possible to capture every patent date change out there, so omissions should be forgiven.
Here is what the rib patent date stamp should look like & yes the last date is 1880. I am sure there are other valid stampings over the life of this model out there.
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A 35xx serial number in this model could not possibly have an 1889 date, that was the point not some hypothetical error in the N&J book