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Originally Posted by Goblin
I think you're right that is agency-marked, but it's interesting that it's a 2" instead of the traditional 4" duty gun. I think less agencies issued those, NYPD being one of them
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Ya...it's sort of strange. The stamping is really sloppy. It looks like somebody took a shot at it and then needed to start over. The "M" is almost double stamped. Once lightly and incompletely and then over-stamped. The first "2"is out of line with the others, positioned so high on the frame that the top curve is cut off.
My guess is that this was done in-house by an entity that had reason to further identify and track its revolvers for inventory or some other purpose. Not sure why a serial number would not have been sufficient. I don't take for granted that it was a law enforcement agency. Could have been private security guard company, company security, a county agency of some type. Hell, who knows.
I've got quite a few revolvers with odd stampings and markings. Usually have no luck solving the mystery.