I'm Stumped

[Dean Romig]

I've got this graded hammer gun all taken apart and have sonically cleaned all the metal parts and as I was inspecting everything closely I discovered this inside the trigger guard bow. It is likely to be the mark of a worker in Meriden who worked on this gun.... or maybe not.

Hopefully someone may know what its significance is and what the letters really are. It looks like cpp. or .ddo but it is tiny and even with a magnifying glass I couldn't be sure.

Anybody have an opinion??

Hmmm.... Could it be cap. for Charles A. Parker?



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[John Cinkoske]

Are they tooth marks from vise jaws?
That's my impression... (No pun intended)

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by John Cinkoske

Are they tooth marks from vise jaws?
That's my impression... (No pun intended)

BINGO !!

Bob Kimble was kind enough to send me a high quality loupe and with the extra power afforded by it it became evident that the impressions in the inside of my trigger guard were made by the jaws of a vise. Probably to hold it stationary as it was being engraved in Meriden.

Thanks Bob!






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[John Cinkoske]

I've seen plenty of guns and other things over the years that were marred by vises...

[Bob K]

You're welcome Dean. Glad to help.

[Dean Romig]

My pictures could have been sharper but it was necessary to enlarge them by cropping. The letters are really tiny, about 3/64 or a shade smaller. If I had posted better pictures you would see that they are perfectly formed lower case d's or p's. I can't rule out the possibility of vise jaw marks but I'm pretty convinced they are letters.






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[Austin J Hawthorne Jr.]

Time to break out our hammer guns. I just checked mine Dean, (2) grade 2's and a grade 3. Nothing there.

[Jim DiSpagno]

Dean, the last 2 ate definitely "ap" then a period. The first looks t be a "c" or maybe an "o"

[wayne goerres]

Look under the letters there appears to be a No 2.

[Dean Romig]

No, that is a scratch. Thanks Wayne.






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