They must have been assembling, testing, shipping bucoo double time!
Do we have records somewhere of the actual date that the factory started shipping out the post war guns? They must have been running multiple shifts and just grabbing from the vault and running for the shipping department without any regard for serial numbers. It's a wonder the ink had time to dry on the box labels.
I Lettered my 3 digit (K 905) (LERK and 1 line address) and it came back shipping August 12, 1947. I asked Dr. Roy about my other K22 (s/n K 42372) (smooth knurled ejector rod, 4 line address) and it shipped a year later in August 1948, so some 41000 plus s/n's out the door in a year.......that's a lot of guns.
Funny thing on the K905. The Letter came with a copy of the invoice and it reflected the customers Order date of July 1940, and a ship date of August 12, 1947...that customer waited a heck of a long time for that gun!
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Charlie B
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