If I remember correctly, the pigtail toplever was dropped after the first year of production ('36-37) while the redlettering was dropped in the '40s. So, a pigtail gun should have had red lettering, at least at some point in its life. Also the blunt (bull nosed) forend evolved to a tapered style in the '40s.

A reblack wont help the value and may hurt it, so financially it's not worth it, but we're talking about a couple hundred dollars, so it's really up to his personal preferences.

Last edited by Gr8day; 02/21/17 12:03 PM.