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Originally Posted by PJGP
What I should have asked is: did the TLs have British military inspection and/or proof markings, as did the second (Mark II) model Hand Ejectors?
Peter
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Yes they do.
The variations of the British Service revolver stampings seem almost endless.
The 455s can have Import, Proof, and Export stamps; just one or up to all three. The export stamps especially vary with the period in which they were done due to British changes in stamping requirements over the years, and when the guns were exported from the UK; also whether or not they moved thru official channels.
We also find 455 revolvers which were not initially sold to the British military, but originally sold on the commercial market and only later entered military service and another reason for varied stampings.