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Dr. Brown, to be honest, there is no such thing as a "transitional" gun in reference to either a Regular frame and a FW frame gun. It is one or the other. The only thing that will fit are some of the screws.

Another way to tell is the bottom of the gun, the part of the barrel that goes into the receiver. On a FW frame it will be 11/16" long, a Regular frame will be 1 3/16" long, quite a difference.

Webb: please check your gmail.

Here we go, and clearly a Featherweight

Thanks brother Drew. It is from 1914.
If I'm not mistaken, I thought someone brought up the subject of a 5 pin lock. There was nothing special about it, just another 2 pins (screw posts) for the bridle. I also believe that this was in 1907 only. (but never say never).

Dr. Brown, in going over the previos posts, just now, you gave it away on the first page when you gave the dimensions of the barrel lug.
This is what happens when one does not pay attention. (me)

Nice gun.

Dr. Brown:

Thanks for sharing the photos. The R suffix question comes up about once a year on the L.C. Smith site - to date no one knows for sure what it signifies.

Are you in England? If so, does the gun sport British proof marks?

If you haven't as of yet, visit the L.C. Smith website for more information.

http://www.lcsmith.org

Best wishes on getting the gun back in the field.

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