Pete: I'm still confused about the Meriden Fire Arms Co. made A.J. Aubrey and Meriden (and a bunch more trade name) guns vs. the Meriden Fire Arms Co. high grade guns which are shown in the repro catalog offered by cornellpubs (which probably is misdated.) ALL of the later guns were offered with Krupps barrels in that catalog. I've never seen Krupps offered in any Sears Roebuck & Co. catalog, but have not yet found a Sears catalog toward the end of the Meriden era in the mid 19teens.

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