All -
I wanted to answer a couple of questions regarding the info folks have received from Cody - as referenced earlier in this thread.
First - there was a complaint about the information on one gun:
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Now why would I spend $60.00 on a paper that has no credentials? Or is this paper some kind of preliminary document? Anyone know the answer? I want a factory verified letter....Here is the link to the example I am referring too:
http://www.antiquesandguns.com/terrypencil.html
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The image at that link is of a serial number search. This is the equivalent of the old "Yellow Sheet". The reason for the disclaimer at the top is that anyone can easily change the information on the sheet. Cody faxes it to you, you add 'XXX Checkered' in the stock info, you fax it to the buyer, and you clear an extra grand to the value.
Second - the Factory Letters are just that - letters of how the gun is recorded as having left the factory. This is NOT a letter of verification or authentication, as some have claimed. This is information from the original handwritten factory ledgers transcribed onto computer and printed on paper with a special watermark (as of about 2-3 years ago). Cody does not look at the gun or pictures of the gun to make some sort of a determination. Cody looks at the record and only the record.
If you have questions, please feel free to holler.
Sincerely,
Dave Kennedy
Formerly the Robert Woodruff Curator of the Cody Firearms Museum