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Gordon's Book shows shipped 1-31-34 1 of 2. This gun is 10 serials later than mine (3684) and has the British proofs as does mine. In visiting with T.D. awhile back, These guns mostly showed up delivered to agencies on the southeastern coast states.

Seems plausible that a group of these guns were taken to the UK for evaluation and brought back and sold on a sales trip to agencies thru the Southeast. Perhaps at a discount since they'd been used or fired/tested.

 

Mine (3684) was shipped to Montgomery AL PD on 12-27-33 1 of 2. 3694 was shipped to Salisbury, NC (Rowan County) PD on 1-31-34 1 of 2, so the timing of the sales seems to fit that theory.

 

I have no information proving this, just a theory.

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21NAVY,

My Navy (3811) has similar proofs as the thread Sig posted from 2013. I don't remember seeing that thread before, but have corresponded with T.D. as well. Mine was first registered in April 1935. Although redacted, I know from Gordon's book it was originally sold to the Hudson Coal Company in Pennsylvania. The next transfer was in 1955. All interesting reading.

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