GEW 88 Enigma

[Buccaneer]

Sooooooooo... whatever was the resolution?

Still ongoing with my research whatever it turns out to be it will have to go to the proof house as it has no proof marks that I can find, I will post results when I eventually get them. Thanks for your interest.

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[Patrick Chadwick]

Still ongoing with my research whatever it turns out to be it will have to go to the proof house as it has no proof marks that I can find,

Oh yes it has! Take a very close look at the root of the bolt handle, where the number is stamped. That looks like a crown over BNP - in other words, it has been proofed in the UK in recent times!

[Buccaneer]

Oh yes it has! Take a very close look at the root of the bolt handle, where the number is stamped. That looks like a crown over BNP - in other words, it has been proofed in the UK in recent times

Well spotted you are quite right but the rifle itself does not have any legal proof marks and as I understand it it will have to go through proof as a complete assembly and then marked as such.

[Patrick Chadwick]

but the rifle itself does not have any legal proof marks and as I understand it it will have to go through proof as a complete assembly and then marked as such.

Sad but true!