Just found another anomaly. The Factory letter says the gun has a beavertail forend. The gun came with two forends---the one on the gun is a replacement forend with a serial number NOT matched to the gun. The second forend is a splinter forend that is numbered to the gun and looks original to me. Looks like the Winchester records are wrong. The good news is that the splinter forend is original and has been preserved. Not sure why someone would want a splinter forend on a trap gun---maybe somebody goofed somewhere.
Bill
