1936 VLD Shift Gate - is this origional or repop?

[NCriding]

As most of you know, the 1936 VL's had a specific shift gate, with a "bullet" attached to the rear, allegedly to stop from snagging your pants. Can anyone confirm if this rather worn gate is an old repop or an original?

The letters are 3 different heights seen below. LOW, NEUTRAL, SECOND and HIGH are 0.175" while GAS is 0.200" high and OIL is 0.250" high. The necked down area under OIL is 0.450" wide.
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The bullet is welded on, not brazed, as I would have expected. I don't want to waste time refurbishing and re-chroming this if its not original.
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[Sargehere]

It's real. No doubt in mymind. "Bullet" was a running change that MAKES it real.

[Steve Slocombe]

It was me making the reproduction shifter gates and it was not so long ago that they would get so pitted as in your pictures. Re-chroming is going to cost about the same as a new gate, and you might get back a shiny flat piece of metal with no lettering left. I would think about saving this part for an original bike.

[NCriding]

Steve, you are correct on the lettering, it would need to be re-stamped prior to chrome. I don’t have any letter stamps, much less all 3 letter heights.

No one seems to offer a repop, chrome 3 speed shift gate with a bullet. Guess I’ll need to find a non-chromed 3 speed gate and make a bullet to weld on.

[Steve Slocombe]

My repros are all sold out, but maybe Harbor Vintage, Replicant Metals or Sagebrush Cycle still have one left.