Tman

25 year retired but from the law enforcement side. I concur with Dan above. Ring up your local office and I’m sure someone from the Industry Operation side of the house will be able to assist.

$50 for the cause. Thanks for keeping this incredible resource alive. Happy New Year!

Good memory, TD! That stamp kit was at the San Antonio Field Office. After ATF became a separate bureau the stamping was changed. The new numbers started with ATF and was followed with a 5 digit number that corresponded with the District Office that issued it. Houston District number would have been - ATF53100***. The stars signify the numeric sequence so each numbered firearm would not duplicate. In the mid ‘90’s, the Districts were changed to Divisions and the numbers again changed. Houston Division issued numbers looked like this - ATF745400***. Another change a couple of years after that looked like - ATF782000***. I don’t remember the exact dates of the changes. Hope this helps.

Have the owner take the grip off and take pics of the grip boss. My H&R is a Stemple reman and that’s where he marked them.

If it goes for the top of their estimate, someone will be getting a super deal. Me thinks it will go higher.

Aguila runs fine in my WH 28. Smells funny tho.

I’ve got some parkerized ones, if you’re interested. $10 each + shipping.

It can be done. I purchased a H&R Handy Gun directly from an executor. The gun had been ‘out of legal commerce’ for a short time but all it took was a copy of the death certificate and the executors signature. My WH28 also came out of an estate directly from the executrix. Get that paperwork started!

As of my retirement, ATF had a shop in HQ that handled all FOIA requests.

Very nice collection and an excellent display.

Brennon, I may have what you need. Ive got two complete 1928 Savage trigger frames with buttstock and forestock. I can send you some pics on Sunday if you like. Lemme know.

Can’t make the show this year but will try to talk the wife into making the trip in the future.

My thoughts exactly on the reason for the mod. There is no axis hole/center on it.

While going thru my TSMG parts (way too many), this caught my eye. Savage made buffer pilot with an added piece. Looks like it was drilled and the extra piece brazed in. The three other pilots have a nominal measurement of 4.5 oal. The oddball measures 4.72. The part that sticks out of the receiver measures 1 on the normal ones, .90 on the oddball. What do the experts think?

Happy Birthday, sir!