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Re: Caliber 740 (Premo, WSC, Guild) - 17J & 19J variants [message #12136 is a reply to message #12135] Sun, 09 February 2020 15:18 Go to previous message
thesnark17 is currently offline  thesnark17
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It's very possible that 740 is a spec description. You're right that this issue is general across Gruen's lines.

I concur that the Wadsworth Referee cases were original issue. I also have some with earlier calibers such as the 650 that have a caliber reference struck on that case.
 
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