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Originally Posted by Goony
I'm not sure about that identification, Buck (while I'll admit to not being sure about mine, either).
Look at the T.A.C. logo pictured in post #32 - close, but not identical. I'm not seeing that same obvious "T" in the this latest one, it looks to me more like a "Y" along the lines of the highly stylized ampersand in the S&W logo. T.A.C. was also pretty good about marking their products beyond just a logo. But I can see how it might be interpreted as a ornate "T" in which case I'd be on board with you - but I just don't know if the T.A.C. logo style evolved over time in this fashion....
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Goony,
I researched this a bit more, and I just managed to get myself more confused. I looked in Zhuk, Gangarosa, and Gunmarks, and neither of the two trademarks in this thread look very close the Tracoala, Aranzábal y Cia marks shown in those references. The two shown in Gunmarks are:
The bottom one matches those shown in Zhuk and Gangarosa. It appears that either:
- TAC had a number of different trademarks, or
- Another Spanish firm was copying TAC
I just don't know.
Buck