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  1. 29-08-2023, 20:54 #1
    High Power
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    Default Strange Marking on Old Handguns

    This strange marking has been seen on a revolver in South Africa, and on a pistol in England that originally belonged to a Boer. Both date from the period around 1880 to1900. The revolver has D 25 (the D was badly struck!) and the pistol D 29.

    Has anyone seen the mark elsewhere?

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    Peter
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  2. 01-09-2023, 09:12 #2
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    Default Re: Strange Marking on Old Handguns

    Peter, isn't that just a "Smuts number" stamped in a certain region at the time where they re-registered firearms in SA?
    Speak to Andrew at Classic, he knows more about these.
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  3. 01-09-2023, 20:51 #3
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    Default Re: Strange Marking on Old Handguns

    Quote Originally Posted by DaveSheerGuns View Post
    Peter, isn't that just a "Smuts number" stamped in a certain region at the time where they re-registered firearms in SA?
    Speak to Andrew at Classic, he knows more about these.
    No, definitely not. I am very familiar with the so-called Jan Smuts numbers, and the strange marking/emblem is completely new to me. Besides, it would be a hell of a coincidence if both the pistol and revolver had Somerset West JSNs; D was that magisterial district's code.

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