The auction came upon me quite quickly and  I couldn't remember dates and serial numbers off the top of my head so I did a quick search on line and found a brief timeline which looked like it might have come from Brophy's book.  I just went with it.  The gun is in pretty good shape considering some I've seen at shows and auctions.  I'm ok if it was "refurbished".  The stock pieces match well and all the other hardware looks good.  The bayonet is dated 1902 but I have an 1899 bayonet.  All in all I'm happy that I caught it when reviewing the auction items and made the purchase.