I purchased a relatively plain but decent Charles Daly Lindner SBT in the G&D auction last Thursday. The serial number is in the 231X range.I have somewhat kept up with the serial number issue on this board, but haven't seen a lot about the SBT serial numbers. First off, is it correct to assume that they have numbers common to all other models? The gun I purchased was listed as having the HAL and crossed pistol marking, so I presume it is in the second serial number range. I presume this is a redundant question, since the long thread several years ago seems to indicate that, catalog listings not withstanding, the first models seemed to appear around 1908 (the advertisement shown speaks of a "new 1908 ventilated rib model" and was dated consistent with that). Based on that, I am presuming that all SBT's are secondseries guns.
I wondered if anyone has an idea as to where this might roughly fall as to date. If the new serial range started circa 1892 and only a few thousand were made, I would presume it was made toward the latter end of the range, but I have no idea as to how production was affected by the war post 1914. I know all the SBT makers were pushing production at the end of the 1910's so I had always suspected that there was a flurry of building early but a huge drop during the last years of production. Any guess would be appreciated.
