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The month and year of manufacture stamped on the SA hub is the easiest indication of age. Bike will be within one year of the hub. Raleigh-built bikes do not have unique serial numbers - the all-numeric ones restarted a few times.
Unfortunately, these older bike serial numbers for manufacturers that are out of business are very hard to determine the year. There are several sites which may assist you. Put vintage bikes or "Western Flyer" on Google. It will bring up those sites.
Guns marked as Witte's Special were PROBABLY made by Iver Johnson, and were marketed by Witte's Hardware in St Louis. A lot of hardware store brands made exact copies of famous guns, they looked great and they fooled a lot of people. The famous Westly Richards, was W. Richards, and was about $600 cheaper. LC Smith, was AC Smith, again, fooled a lot of people, anyway, I couldn't find the date of your gun, I believe it was a .410 shotgun, and wasn't too old when your grandpa got it. They are not worth very much. I'm surprised to see a serial number on that, most old guns didn't have numbers at all.Hope this helps.
The saddle itself is quite well made and should last a good while with proper care and maintenance. However, three things concern me and one is that it is a saddle you are used to using. If you are used to the support of a western saddle and move to a close contact, it may be very uncomfortale until you get used to it. The second is that the horse you use it on is used to being under a close contact saddle. The third and most important is that you indicate that you ride ' all different horses and ponies '. You do not clarify if you are wishing to use one saddle on all. I do hope not as saddles are not one size fits all. The saddle must be fitted to your 'seat' and the tree width and rise must properly fit the size and shape of the horses back. If you are unfamiliar with this, I suggest you learn how to fit a saddle before buying anything.
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