David:
I never tire looking at your guns and I very much appreciate your regular contribution to our "sport." A question though, does your box number to 684698? The reason that I ask is that my 684735 (some 37 numbers higher than yours) also shipped in April 1940 and it shipped in an Outdoorsman box stamped 22-40, rather than a Masterpiece box...
Here is the box, stamped 22-40:
