OK, I can't get pix on here right now, but I'm curious. Do you think serial number K499xx left Springfield in 1948 or '49? I arrived in the world in June of 1949, so it was probably already here waiting for me regardless.

I got this gun in a trade when I was collecting High Standards. The fellow who traded it to me had a set of Goodyears on it when he traded it to me, but said he thought he had the original grips at home and took my address. Sure enough, the original, numbered grips showed up about a week later. Sometimes folks come through for us!

Froggie