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serial no. 200913 is recorded in the Springfield Research Service database as "WW2 donation to US Navy" in a reference dated 03/31/43. I bought the Vol.2 book that they issued in 1986 and it is in there. There are numerous other numbers listed under this reference and they run the whole gamut of the serial range. As for whatever the precise info is, you would have to pay them the $50 or whatever it is now to find out
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12-25-2009 02:39 PM
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Navy trapdoor
You have a WW2 donation from the wner to The US NAVY. Donated in 1943.
It is a historic gun.
Wayne
US MARTIAL ARMS COLLECTOR and SPRINGFIELD RESEARCH SERVICE
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Bob - The Beagle Master
.................These trapdoors were found to be without ammunition since the white eyes didn't trust the tribesmen with bullets but a search of a nearby Dick's Sporting Goods yielded several boxes of .410 shotgun shells which were found to fit the chambers......................
The 410 DOES NOT fit the chamber of the 45/70 and will almost always slit the shot shell. The 410 and the 45 Long Colt have the same outside dimensions (except for length). The 45/70 is much larger diameter. Shoot 410 in a 45/70 will eventually damage the chamber. The 45/70 has a rim diameter of .600" and base diameter of .500", while the 410 has a rim diameter of .525" and a base diameter of .470". Not even close.
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