Question on push type safety

[DaveHH]

Interesting that Winchester only used "E" W instead of "EP" Same company Eaton Ponds.

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[ncin1911]

Interesting that Winchester only used "E" W instead of "EP" Same company Eaton Ponds.

Yes it is indeed. Perhaps to distinguish it was not BE, as in IBM Endicott? IBM trigger housings manufactured by the Endicott plant were marked in a few different ways. Like BE-B or B-EB.
So removing the 'P' on Eaton Pond safeties manufactured for IBM; EB. Total speculation of course.