manufacture date of model 11

[Researcher]

My 12-gauge The Sportsman has a 1936 Sportsman serial number and a barrel date code PE P = June E = 1936 and is just as you describe The Sportsman on the left side of the receiver and the one-bird roll-stamping.

From the pictures of 20-gauge The Sportsman I've saved, 9869 has the 3-bird roll-stamping and 11899 has 1-bird. "The Sportsman" moves to the bolt with the change from separate The Sportsman serial numbers to the Model 11 serial numbers which was for 20-gauges the best I can read the old ledger page February 4, 1938.

[Sportsman[16]]

Thanks researcher, would the 119xx serial be consistent with 1933?

On another note, any ideas on who made the comp? I have what I believe is a spreader and 2 full or extra full choke extensions, one has 2 dots, the other appears to have had a stamp that was polished away but is not readable. The spreader(?) has no discernable marks. Tried to attach some photos, but tech challenged. Thanks again.

[Researcher]

There were a lot of choke devices marketed from the 1930s into the 60s. The most often seen "comp" types were of course the Cutts Compensator --

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Pachmayr's POWer-PAC --

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and the Weaver Choke --

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Lesser known was the KOMP-CHOKE by Kessler --

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I am still trying to find out what this one is --

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[DJBronco]

HI team! What year would serial #3507 have been manufactured? My gun does not have any markings on the barrel. I pull the forearm and see nothing on there. It has the Browning patents from 1900,1901,1902 and 1903 listed on the receiver. The 3507 on top of the receiver with no other markings.