When a gun was made and when it was shipped can be years apart, especially in the 1930s. Gun companies normally had quite large inventories of unsold [as of yet] completed guns, especially in lower grades. Also, some gun companies set out blocks of receivers for special grades, using them when an order came in, so from the time they were set out, until they were ordered and sold, could be years apart, too.

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