Jani,
I stand corrected. The waffenampt would have numerals under the eagle not an N.
Also, Miller was posting at the same time as I was. He brings up a good point about the difference beetween proof date and completion date.
I have a 16/70mm gauge shotgun marked on the rib "A. Nothnagle - Made in Germany." Obviously made for export to an English speaking country. The gun was proofed in March 1943 at the Gustloff Werk. The explanation, according to Hendrik Fruehoff, is that such guns were proofed and left incomplete during the war. After the war Nothnagle somehow got the parts and completed them for ocupying GIs (before the Soviets moved in)thus the proof date does not match the completion date. This also explains the 70mm chambering on my gun and may point to the same explanation for Rick's gun.
