A little information a serial numbers that I have colleted across the years.
Ischia,
163605 / ??
Shipped in May 1912, but did not go to Bekeart.
163662 / 1615
Shipped to Bekeart on June 3, 1912.
163698 / ??
Shipped to Bekeart in June 1912.
.22/32 Heavy Frame Bekeart Model with a serial number between 207926 and 208416. These were part of a large order shipped to M.W.Robinson in 1914. ** I have never seen any reports of any numbers in this range.
The lowest number after the 163xxx - 164xxx run, that I have heard of, is 220074.
2251XX, "Shipped from our factory on September 23, 1915 and
delivered to Abercrombie & Fitch Co., New York City, NY."
Hondo44 / Jim
The lowest number I have heard of for the second production run is #163198 Shipped May 1912.
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ischia
Mine is #164122 6" barrel,unique walnut grips that go down over what would be called a small round butt. The first 3000 also had a number(mine is 1858) stamped on the butt of the grips. This number had nothing to do with the serial #.
Any Idea when mine may have been shipped?
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Hondo44
Note: Bekeart serial numbers were in the .32 Hand Ejector serial number series, so there are huge gaps in the Bekeart serial #s. For example, the next 1911 production started at #160,000.
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