Fred will be along to post some photos for me. They show 4 S man rifles and an interesting thing has come up. The ones with the long slide Lyman 48 do not have the carving on the borders of the checkering pattern. Those with the post 1920 shorter slide do have the carving. My theory is that S man graduated to the carving later in his working time. I have found 3 additional guns which fall into the same pattern. Anyone out there with additional guns which may agree or disagree with this theory? Of course he could have still used a long slide on a later gun.
Dan
