Jim, what a beautiful example, the kind that appeals to me, a few quirks!

I always referred to the flat blade sliding trigger as the older style as all my older 300S examples have it...including one made in 1972. All of my newer examples have the cone trigger with the rotating wider shoe attached, including one that left FWB in 1998.

These two RTs show both triggers, the older gun having the straighter blade trigger. You use to refer to the cone type as a Type 2 trigger. This leads me to believe that is an early Universal with risers and the front perhaps modified by FWB.

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My greatest interest has not been pretty wood but interesting variations and modifications by the factory and shooters. If I were still collecting I would love to have that one...

Kindly,

Gaines