Here's a revolver that apparently had extra scrutiny by the MoD during manufacture as many of it's components have the odd "'oo' in the broadarrow" mark. Having never seen such a plethora of view marks all in one place before, it seemed worthy of a photo thread for your own examination:
I liked it immediately and purchased it almost purely because of it's late type wooden grips. Additional pluses are the matched numbers and blued finish.
But then these little markings were observed:
In actual fact, they were misidentified at first as "sales" marks, but that didn't seem right as they seemed to be all over. So after arrivng home many hours later, it was discovered that they were additional inspection marks. Apparently used by the WD/MoD as spot check for production?
So, how deep into the works did the additional markings appear? The frame and barrel seem to be free of the "o^o" as do the springs (which mostly do have regular broadarrow marks) and screws (all free of any markings). Otherwise, the coverage appears fairly comprehensive:
Here's a group of small parts that were marked:
Even the cylinder stop/bolt was inspected. (It wasn't removed altogether to avoid having to chase the tiny coil spring down- never mind replacing it!)
There's plenty more. If interest warrants, more photos will be added.
Are there any of y'all that have similarly marked examples- either handgun or rifle?Information
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