Who is the Winchester engraver?? Help

[quote=John Dallas;53393]Not Japanese? Hmmm. Am I now obligated to commit hari kari on a rusty M12 Op Rod?[/quote-- I have two separate bets on the World Series- (1) it will go the full 7 games (Winner) (2) The Cards will win it (not done yet)- plus I had a red letter AM hunt- Op Rod- sounds like a M-1 Garand or a M-14- takes me back to the USMC Armory-- Not familiar with many Jap military weapons- The Ariska BA rifles and the Nambu pistols- so if they had a autoloader that used a op. rod to link the gas piston to the bolt and roller group, I am not aware of that fact.

John- I need you to please understand- I am very "Old School" on the - you make your $ in America, you buy 100% American (with the possible exception of Irish Whiskey and beers, also German Beers)--and my favorite bumper sticker that I have seen so far (at age 70 and closing) reads like this- 'Shop At Wally_Mart- where all of America buys its cheap Chink-made Crap"--

That beautiful Model 1912 Black Diamond Pigeon Grade 12 bore is a very original and rare shotgun, at least- IMO. But I do thank you for the "memory jog" re: op rod-- In the detailed article I recently wrote about the Model 12 (that will not appear in a future issue of PP, and rightly not so) I forgot to mention the ill-fated "Dog-Leg" style op rod that causes WRA beaucoup problems from 1951- to 1954. WRA recalled all the M12's they could that had this "beancounter designed part"- they were such that the recoil that dis-engages the bolt lock-up into battery did not always function reliably- but the original straight op rod did- so they went back to that design- Thanks For The Memories!!!