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Originally Posted by deadin
Jim,
That date is for the first shipment of converted TL's from the regular production .44 Specials.
#455 isn't on the list of serial's assigned to these converted guns, so I believe it is from the Contract for the .455 MkII which was first shipped on 10/21/1914. (I have #718 and it letters as shipping in this batch)
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Hi Dean,
As I stated # 455 is part of the 1- to 5-6000 military contract guns so we agree there. Any gun below a 4 digit # has to be from the 5-6000 contract. But the 4/8/12 date is not from the 666 (808 including com’l guns) converted 44 Spls since those were made and shipped later during WW I. The 1st shipment of the 1 to 5-6000 was in 4/8/12 with the majority of the guns shipped in the 10/21/14 batch (yours being one). Maybe I shouldn't have presumed his low # of 455 was in the 4/8/12 1st shipment of the 5-6000, but the only way to tell for sure would be for gaucho to letter his gun.
These 455s always make for interesting discussion.