Originally Posted By: John E
Discus420,

Welcome to our board.

Your ser# does fall as a 1914 mfg. The grade is a No. 1 Special. The Floral engraving was first cataloged in 1915. Not all guns followed strictly to the catalog offerings. I have an S stamped 12 ga., ser# 196xxx that has damascus barrels.

John


Thanks John! I just came into 2 nice SxS and trying to learn about both . So what is it that makes a gun a 1 or a 1 1/2??
Also do you guys have a name for this type of engraving? is it specific to one person?

Last edited by Discus420; 08/12/17 07:16 PM.