It looks like you've got no takers. Maybe I can shed some light on why.
If the gun is what I'll call "plain vanilla", and looks like an old gun----no collector is going to buy it in the first place---letter or no letter. A letter has some value to a collector. It has no value to anybody else beyond an item of casual interest.
Now let's move away from "plain vanilla". Target guns (adjustable sights) in this series are few and far between. A letter documents they left the factory in that configuration---and adds value. As an aside, if it is an original target gun it very likely is fitted with the so-called "large screw spring up" rear sight which is about as rare as hens teeth----and adds value. If it's a high condition gun (doesn't look like an old gun), it adds value. If you have the box it was shipped in, it adds value-----and so on and on and on.
Bottom Line: Cake without frosting is okay. Cake with frosting is better. Factory letters are frosting. ( I have a letter on every gun I own----but that's just me.)
You'll get more response by providing more information----and a picture wouldn't hurt. Is it blue or nickle? What's the barrel length? What's the serial number---especially if it's a target model. And finally, what's the condition? There are three things that determine the value of an old gun----with or without a letter. The first is condition----as is the second----as is the third! And for our purposes here, "condition" means how much original finish does it have----50%?----99%?
Ralph Tremaine
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