Texas Jake will be along soon to rub it in my face that he smooth-talked me out of my only .38 M&P target...I'll find another one though...
...Ben

I believe that is Alabama Power Company, Jim. I'd letter that one. It likely shipped directly to APCO in Bham. As a former APCO employee, I'd be interested in seeing that gun in person. Maybe the next Dothan show?I never figured out what
A.P. CO. means.
Not wanting to hijack this thread, but the letter and APCO archives could turn up some interesting stuff. In addition to in-field exploration and development, Alabama ran a Convict-Lease system to raise revenue in that era. Could have been used in that regard.God knows that any power company employee running around Alabama in the 1920s would have needed to be armed when telling people their land was condemned for a dam reservoir.