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- Fri May 27, 2016 10:35 am
- Forum: RS / Post - 1898
- Topic: Completely Confused the dreaded "SportsMan" left in will
- Replies: 7
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Re: Completely Confused the dreaded "SportsMan" left in will
LOL, it makes sense since there are so many questions about the 2 guns.
- Thu May 26, 2016 8:42 am
- Forum: RS / Post - 1898
- Topic: Completely Confused the dreaded "SportsMan" left in will
- Replies: 7
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Re: Completely Confused the dreaded "SportsMan" left in will
Are any of these from the 1st run of production or all from after the combining of Sportsman and Model 11? Two completely different markets would be my guess. This is from the last run of true Sportsman before they were combined with the Model 11 but it is also from the very short single bird on bot...
- Wed May 25, 2016 9:04 pm
- Forum: RS / Post - 1898
- Topic: Completely Confused the dreaded "SportsMan" left in will
- Replies: 7
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Re: Completely Confused the dreaded "SportsMan" left in will
Thanks for clearing up the lettering. Any idea as to it's worth? Every place I have called or went says they are between $200 and $500 because it is just a Model 11 as they do not know the background of pre and post intermingling of serial numbers and models. Two even told me 200,000 serials don't e...
- Wed May 25, 2016 1:49 am
- Forum: RS / Post - 1898
- Topic: Sportsman Serial Numbers
- Replies: 11
- Views: 24538
Re: Sportsman Serial Numbers
Mine is a low 200,000 S/N without an S at the beginning it looks like its from 1937 but the coding is so hard to read as it does not appear in a straight line as the charts imply. http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y425/Hagbard8878/4_zpsl29v5axu.png http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y425/Hagbard8...
- Wed May 25, 2016 1:35 am
- Forum: RS / Post - 1898
- Topic: Completely Confused the dreaded "SportsMan" left in will
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3161
Completely Confused the dreaded "SportsMan" left in will
I have sifted through countless post on here about how to real all of the barrel numbers and markings and I am at a complete loss. I am trying to figure out the value so I know what to do with it. I know it's a 16 ga http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y425/Hagbard8878/1_zps7vtuwxw8.png http://i1274...