Type III hammer with "E" stamp?

[Rick the Librarian]

I'm looking at a couple of M1 carbine hammers with an "E" the only marking I can find. Origins?

TIA!

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[painter777]

Maybe the stacked HTE marked hammers? Lightly struck...just looking like an E ?

Charlie-painter777

[Rick the Librarian]

Attached is a picture below. The E doesn't appear to be "smashed" with any other letters, like an H or a T.

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[painter777]

Boy Rick,
You seem to sure run into some oddballs ! Might be a post war contracted hammer. Mr. Ricca or Brian would be the right choice to send an SOS.

Good Luck
Charlie-painter777

[Harlan (Deceased)]

Boy Rick,
You seem to sure run into some oddballs ! Might be a post war contracted hammer. Mr. Ricca or Brian would be the right choice to send an SOS.

Good Luck
Charlie-painter777

Rick does come up with some weird ones.
He has all those 1903's with red paint on them too. Maybe you should contract with him and strip the paint off and refinish them!

[painter777]

A thought,
Didn't Erma in Germany have a contract to build spare parts for the allied guns lent to their police etc. Maybe it's a Erma made replacement hammer for post war Germany. Jim K might know.

Charlie-painter777

[danbtech]

Rick your hammer is an Erma,I had a Erma carbine a few years ago,and most of the parts were marked with an E. Dan

[Rick the Librarian]

Thanks, gentlemen -- that makes perfect sense.

I'm short one "red-painted" M1903 - sold it to pay for a 1915 NM. Down to two and a NZ Remington.

[Harlan (Deceased)]

'OUCH' Rick. I hate to see you sell any of your Lend-Lease collection! I think they're the most interesting 1903's I've seen.

Did you post photos of your new NM on the 1903 forum? I'd like to see it if you have a link to photos.

Thanks,
~ Harlan

[Sleeplessnashadow]

For clarification, the E on your hammer was used by Erma's Manufacturing of Steelville, MO. They also placed it on the left side of the trigger housing.

Not to be confused with Erma Werke of Dachau, Bavaria, West Germany.



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Jim