[skinsfan]

i have a newly aqquired byf 41 that has the marking (ee) under the serial # on reiver and barrel-it's definetly two e"s and not the poorly stamped (ce) that i thiought at first-i don't see it in either of my books-thanks,scott

 

[chasdev]

Those are the "letter blocks" which is a form of shorthand that indicate the multiples of 10,000 that were produced,in addition to the number counted by the serial itself.

 

[skinsfan]

thanks!-is there a known rhyme or reason to these codes,and if so is there any on line reference guide for them,i admit the books i have are very vague,i need to get "backbone"-scott

 

[micmacman]

i think byf 41 goes up to hh

 

[micmacman]

it goes like 1000a,1001a,1002a all the way through 1000hh,1001hh,1003hh