[Leica] R4 production numbers

[AINA NILSEN and - or JOHN GILBERT <ainilsen@online.no>]

Anybody know the production number that separates problematic R4's from the 
non-problematic? I was told above 153xxx by some. 16xxx by others. Is an R4 
from 1982 in the safety zone?


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