Originally Posted By: Der Ami
flyfisher,
Your drilling is chambered for one of the 9.3x72R cartridges, most likely the "Normal." version. It was not made in 1939. Raimey correctly read the marks that confused you as the bullet weight and material it was made from. I believe Raimey also correctly dated it to 1912-23.
Mike


I don't recall seeing the date posted or referenced. Did I miss something somewhere?

I've read here before that date codes are commonly stamped on these, and I did find what appears to be one. It's in this picture: