Factory stamps?

[lateaugust2]

Greeting all,
I recently acquired a 1948 Military & Police in .38 Special and, so far as I can tell, it has never been fired. No real handling wear, no worn ring around the cylinder, just a bit of tiny rust flaking here and there and some on the muzzle. My question is:
With the cylinder open and looking down inside the frame just forward if the cylinder stop, it is marked in white capital letters; BC and in smaller caps DC.
Any ideas where this came from and if the markings are factory or agency?

Thanks for your help!

 

[Hondo44]

Welcome to the forum.

Not factory marks.

 

[S&WsRsweet]

Welcome to the forum also from Alabama .hope you stick around and join in you will find a wealth of knowledge here and some of these guys are down right entertaining .

 

[lateaugust2]

Thanks, good to be here and I'm enjoying it already!!
And GB the great state of Alabama, my son was there for basic training and I got to visit, beautiful state more trees than Washington!
I would assume Hondo44 is right, these don't strike me as factory markings, but short of coming up with the $ for dear old Mr. Jinks I'm at a loss as to what these mean. (British Columbia-Dept. of Corrections?) Anybody's guess... I guess, lol

 

[two-bit cowboy]

Welcome aboard from Wyoming.

Photos would go a long way to helping folks in the know help you.

 

[Wiregrassguy]

Welcome to the forums from the Wiregrass!

 

[lateaugust2]

hope this prints out okay...

 

[Jack Flash]

Looking at the "eagle over N" mark between the DE and BC, I think it signifies a
"definitive nitro proof for all guns"
applied in Ulm (Germany) since 1952.

That is of course if that's indeed an eagle. It came across pretty blurry on my junky old PC. If all the above is correct, try to find out what DE / BC signify in Germany. ("District E of the Bavarian Constabulary" (?????)) That's all I got!

 

[lateaugust2]

German proofs

THANK YOU! I do believe it is an eagle over an N, in addition there is the same stamp of the cylinder face as well as an "elk horn" stamp, so It looks as if the Germans had it at some point but never used it.
Now on to researching the BC/DC stamps and where this revolver was between 1948 & 1952.
Hey, a guy could get hooked on this stuff! lol

 

[mbliss57]

The DE is the abbreviation for Deutschland or Germany in German that I am sure of. Maybe!
Here is an article that verified the N and Eagle means Nitrocellulose and gin is approved for that type of powder. The Antler = Ulm Proof house since 1952.
The 2 letter combo indicates a manufacturer year or year it was proofed. So "BC " would be 12 or 2012 so I don't know that it helps.

For sure it's proofed in Ulm and approve for Nitro cellulose powder.

Proof Marks, Date Codes, and German Firearms | Modern Rifleman

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[lateaugust2]

It would have to be 2012, so it was kept in inventory somewhere for 64 years! Wow, hard to believe. Nevertheless, it has not been fired much, if at all (except for the 2 "proof rounds" required for service acceptance.) thanks to all for your kind assistance,
In the words of Nick Danger, Third Eye;
"you just saved a lot of investigative work!"
Well I am half German so I guess it figures I'd find a revolver like this!

 

[S&W Oldtimer]

Welcome to the forum.