Trying to figure out a stamped mark and origin of manufacture. Saw this on a P-38 and was wondering where and when (I'm guessing 1943) it was made.
725
Trying to figure out a stamped mark and origin of manufacture. Saw this on a P-38 and was wondering where and when (I'm guessing 1943) it was made.
725
Was made by Mauser in 43
fools rush in where angels fear to tread...Alexander Pope
byf was the German secret code for the Mauser factory in Oberndorf, Germany. The number, of course, is the year of manufacture.
Hick: Iron sights!
Thanks. Just what I wanted to know.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |