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Old 01-10-2010, 12:11 PM
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BNP = Birmingham Nitro Proof (that's Birmingham, England not Alabama or Michigan) and the other markings are also British proof marks.

So the revolver was sold or issued in England at some time. I recall that when the British were really hurting for guns early in WW II, we supplied them with some .38 Special revolvers and .30-06 rifles which they had to keep separate from their .38/200 (.38 S&W) and .303 issue weapons. Or it might have been sold there when a free Englishman might own a pistol, as he may not now. You need somebody with the right book to get such details.

The grips are replacements, the Pachmayr grip adaptor is obviously an add on, and I suspect the gun has been reblued. A handsome piece, at any rate.
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