Quote Originally Posted by jmoore View Post
My SWAG for the build would be 1970s. Old Brownell's catalogs might help date the barrel or maybe somebody at Douglas, as it seems it might very well have had the barrel installed by them, judging by the markings.
I did call Douglas with that thought in mind. However, my contact there was very specific. If Douglas had installed the barrel, then they would have stamped the barrel below the stock line with the last 3 digits of the serial number followed by the month and year of installation (XXXMMYY). Besides the Douglas XX markings, caliber markings (30-40), the H and W.L. Armitage, the barrel is not marked. My gunsmith is personal friends with the Douglas family and gave them a shout as well. His findings confirmed what I was told on my phone call.
Keith
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