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Originally posted by prefer_wheelguns:
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Originally posted by LWCmdr45:
The plethora of markings you've described are those *civilian* proofs
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Interesting! Can you provide a source for that info?
Thanks!
UPDATE: According to this European proof marks source, the marks on my gun: crown over "BNP," indicate a post-1954 Birmingham proof. So it looks like LWCmder45 is right. Interesting that a close look with a magnifying glass doesn't show bright marks on the sides of the stamping, which may indicate a refinish after the proof marks were stamped in.
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Charlie Pate's "U.S. Handguns of World War II" has several pages on these markings.
Steve