KY Jon;
I have a reprinted LAC catalog with price list dated Jan 1, 1889. No mention is made in it of bushed firing pins, though there is no view showing they did not exist. It also describes the 3-position safety with lock-out screw. Mine has a "Normal" 2-position automatic safety. What safety does yours have. The illustration shows f-pin retaining pin in same location as mine. I have never disassembled this area, but have wondered why with bushed firing pins it needed a retaining pin. Apparently they are not captured from the rear or the pin serves some other purpose. Perhaps a decision was made to eliminate the bushing as the pin was in proper location to serve as retainer. Tempts one to take it apart to see.
PS; By Elliot's chronology mine should date to ca 1888.
Last edited by 2-piper; 03/03/07 04:27 PM.
