Most rifles of that vintage would have started life at least 28" long with many being 30", you do see plenty of them that are 26" but most have been cut to that length.

I started a thread on this gun and the firing pins when then gun was first posted. I have not seen this patent before and have meant to look through my reference material but have failed to do so. It appears to be some sort of retraction method for the pins but I am not certain of that.

Last edited by SKB; 11/13/21 09:05 PM.
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