Type III hammer with "E" stamp?

**Rick the Librarian** · 04-30-2009 01:39 PM

I'm looking at a couple of M1 icon

carbine hammers with an "E" the only marking I can find. Origins?

TIA!

Information

Warning: This is a relatively older thread
This discussion is older than 360 days. Some information contained in it may no longer be current.

**Highly Recommended** · 04-30-2009 01:39 PM

A Collector's View - The SMLE Short Magazine Lee Enfield 1903-1989. It is 300 8.5x11 inch pages with 1,000+ photo’s, most in color, and each book is serial-numbered. Covering the SMLE from 1903 to the end of production in India in 1989 it looks at how each model differs and manufacturer differences from a collecting point of view along with the major accessories that could be attached to the rifle. For the record this is not a moneymaker, I hope just to break even, eventually, at $80/book plus shipping. In the USA shipping is $5.00 for media mail. I will accept PayPal, Zelle, MO and good old checks (and cash if you want to stop by for a tour!). CLICK BANNER to send me a PM for International pricing and shipping.

Manufacturer of various vintage rifle scopes for the 1903 such as our M73G4 (reproduction of the Weaver 330C) and Malcolm 8X Gen II (Unertl reproduction). Several of our scopes are used in the CMP Vintage Sniper competition on top of 1903 rifles.

Brian Dick ... BDL Ltd. - Specializing in British and Commonwealth weapons

Specializing in premium ammunition and reloading components.

Your source for the finest in High Power Competition Gear.

Here at T-bones Shipwrighting we specialise in vintage service rifle: re-barrelling, bedding, repairs, modifications and accurizing. We also provide importation services for firearms, parts and weapons, for both private or commercial businesses.

**painter777** · 04-30-2009 01:58 PM

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

Charlie-painter777

**Rick the Librarian** · 04-30-2009 02:54 PM

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

Military Surplus Collectors Forums

**painter777** · 04-30-2009 05:02 PM

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

**painter777** · 04-30-2009 05:10 PM

A thought,
Didn't Erma in Germany icon

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

**Harlan (Deceased)** · 04-30-2009 05:34 PM

Originally Posted by 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

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!

**danbtech** · 04-30-2009 06:28 PM

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** · 04-30-2009 06:41 PM

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 icon

Remington.

**Harlan (Deceased)** · 04-30-2009 10:17 PM

'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** · 05-07-2009 03:53 AM

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 icon

.

Ermas Manufacturing

Jim

Thread: Type III hammer with "E" stamp?

Thread Tools

Search Thread

Display

Type III hammer with "E" stamp?

E marked hammer

E for Erma's Manufacturing of Steelville, MO

The Following 2 Members Say Thank You to Sleeplessnashadow For This Useful Post:

Similar Threads

Looking for reasons to stamp "DP" on an SMLE

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions