Eagle N stamp on model 28
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larry21556
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That is a German commercial proof not uncommon on guns that came back with GIs; maybe bought at a Rod and Gun store on base.
BigBill
Absent Comrade
Import Mark?
yep, gotta be some sort of German proof marking. my K98 has them. Different but similar. Waffenamt
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larry21556
US Veteran
The eagle/N was only put on firearms offered for sale in Germany
bananaman
Member
Now, the million dollar question is........ Did you buy it? We would like to know these things. Bob
usnrigger
Member
Eagle/N is the German "Nitro" proof mark. I have a 586 from 1983. Mine has 3 marks on the frame. I have a checkered shield(Hamburg Proof House), Shield with 83 inside(year mark), and the eagle/N "Nitro" Proof. Mine also has the Eagle/N on the barrel and cylinder as well as being in the group of three on the frame.
Combat_Diver
US Veteran
Back in the late 80s when I was in Germany, the Germans imported and marked large numbers of Smith & Wesson revolvers according to my resources at Frankonia (German upscale Cables/Gander Mtn of sorts)
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Perhaps the single post-WW2 Nitro W German proof mark might possibly mean a repaired firearm that required (by law) the proof be done.
Normally though there is the set of 3 marks on the frame,,the particular Proof House,,the yr/date code,,and the Nitro Proof mark.
The bbl and cylinder recv the Nitro Proof marking alone usually (but not always).
There is (was?) also a marking to indicate a 'repair proof',,but I honestly don't know if it's used on non-German mfg arms or not.
Seems like a repair (re)proof would have caught the fact that it hadn't recv'd the Gov't demanded initial proofing in the first place and the entire thing would have been done as described by 'usnrigger'.
Anything sold on the civilian market has to be Gov't proofed and marked.
Another thought is that the bbl alone is a replacement to the gun that just happens to have come off of another revolver that had been full proofed in W Germany.
Just some thoughts,,,
Normally though there is the set of 3 marks on the frame,,the particular Proof House,,the yr/date code,,and the Nitro Proof mark.
The bbl and cylinder recv the Nitro Proof marking alone usually (but not always).
There is (was?) also a marking to indicate a 'repair proof',,but I honestly don't know if it's used on non-German mfg arms or not.
Seems like a repair (re)proof would have caught the fact that it hadn't recv'd the Gov't demanded initial proofing in the first place and the entire thing would have been done as described by 'usnrigger'.
Anything sold on the civilian market has to be Gov't proofed and marked.
Another thought is that the bbl alone is a replacement to the gun that just happens to have come off of another revolver that had been full proofed in W Germany.
Just some thoughts,,,
Skeetr57
Member
While stationed in Germany from 1978-1980 I bought several guns through the Pirmasens Rod and Gun Club. Two were M29's one was a M25, one was a M19 and one was a M63. None had any German markings. I also bought a Remington 3200 shotgun and at least one Remington 700 rifle and they weren't marked either. I later sold the M19 and a Remington 700 Classic to a German Army officer, and did all the paperwork to make it legal. So far as I know, he didn't have to submit the guns I sold him for proof.
jag312
Member
I have also seen both Colt and Smith & Wesson revolvers in an Italian gun store with Italian proof marks when I was in Rome. I was told that all firearms, domestic and imported, required proof testing before being sold on the Italian market. Probably the same in Germany.
