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Sidelock
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Can anyone tell me what a crown and St.m.g. means on the barrel of my Merkel sporter?I've seen the same mark on a German rifle of the same era (1922) in Double Gun Journal.Thanks [img:center]  [/img]
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Looks like a "geme" stamp on the tube. STmG( Stahlmetal Geschoss or something similar ) denotes a steel jacketed bullet. There should be a weight in grams just below it. It's a post 1912 stamp that accompanies the Nitro or semi-smokeless stamp.
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Raimey
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Thanks Raimey,I know "Geme" mean's Gebruder Merkel.It's a 30-06,so the gram's marking will tell me the bullet weight it was proofed with?
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Yes it will in grams. There will be a "Crown" over "N' just before the StmG/???(grams).
Interesting stamp just before the serial number.
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Raimey
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The stamp before the serial number is another Gebruder Merkel stamp, a small G inside a larger M in parenthesis.
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Took it out of the wood today.There's a 10GR stamp there,so it was proofed with a 154.3 grain bullet.
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