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That proof mark wouldn't be from a specific gun - but rather from a proof house at a specific period of time.
looks to be a crown over a letter - depending on which letter it is it could be Belgian, Birmingham, UK, a French one, or perhaps a Spanish one.
A better image will get you closer to your answer.
looks to be a crown over a letter - depending on which letter it is it could be Belgian, Birmingham, UK, a French one, or perhaps a Spanish one.
A better image will get you closer to your answer.
I’ve not been able to find this one. Probably English, because of the crown, but otherwise I’m at a loss.
The mark is stamped, not raised. The image is pretty good for my camera, considering how very small the mark is. This is on a side plate, which was extremely rusty. Looks like it was lost in the dirt for many years. Definitely a crown over the letter D.
The oval seems raised and the "stamped" part seems even with plate. Seems more like a something resembling a wax seal on letter. I still say not a proof mark and given it's on a side plate think it's more likely a manufacture/house label which may be added as opposed to stamped. Maybe look for that?
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Indeed a better image would have helped with this mystery so I took it upon myself to investigate and utilized the Spectograph Linear Scan 9000 from the R&D lab. With the Linear Scan 9000 I was able to remove the deterioration from exposure exhibited on the surface and reveal a better image.
I recognized the proof mark immediately upon the completion of the scan. That stamp was used on side by sides built in Spain from 1928 until 1936 under the direction of my great uncle Flatulous Bombay at the Bombay Foundry And School of Divinity in the northern city of Bilbao. These shotguns were favored by all the Spanish sheep herders and one was prominently featured in the film The Godfather and carried by Michael Corleone's escorts when they first encountered his future bride, Apollonia.
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A small sampling of European. Might help to post pic of gun.
Looks it’s from a muzzle loaded shotgun. I don’t have the whole gun. Just the plate with the hammer and spring. Large dog ear looking hammer for striking a cap.
Looks it’s from a muzzle loaded shotgun. I don’t have the whole gun. Just the plate with the hammer and spring. Large dog ear looking hammer for striking a cap.![1732154]()
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I agree - percussion cap action. Not certain it is from a shotgun - could be off a rifle just as easily.
Very utilitarian in nature - definitely not Italian, and I doubt from the UK - I'd say Belgium based on sheer numbers, but could be French or German/Austrian
Very utilitarian in nature - definitely not Italian, and I doubt from the UK - I'd say Belgium based on sheer numbers, but could be French or German/Austrian
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Proof marks are generally stamped on the barrel (either the flat, or somewhere on the chamber area), not a hammer side plate. It looks like a proof mark, but doesn't match up with any that I have in my references.
Good luck and all the rest.
Good luck and all the rest.
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No. It is a proof mark.
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Get a copy of the blue book. In the back it list a good amount of the major proof marks.
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