The flat mainspring was used in the 1st and 2nd models up til about 1909. Your two line patent dates were used in 1905 and 1906. The "Q" prefix of the serial number was used on the large frame hammer...
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Type: Posts; User: NJ49
The flat mainspring was used in the 1st and 2nd models up til about 1909. Your two line patent dates were used in 1905 and 1906. The "Q" prefix of the serial number was used on the large frame hammer...
I picked up a SAECO #385. Didn't know the particulars, so I emailed Redding. They gave me the particulars for the obsolete mold. Diameter .358. Should drop @ 146. Round nose. For 38 S&W.
Their...
| BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
| BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
| BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
| C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
| HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
| PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
| LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
| GC | Gas Check |