Too, what could be said is that NO particular sporting arm was wholly made in a particular gunmaking centre during the >> Golden Age << of Gunning. Mechanics were dependent on other non-inland mechanics for components, and one craftsman wasn't going to recreate the wheel when there was another craftsman in Liège making wheels. But WWI kicked it off and particularly WWII saw where compagnies in a particular gunmaking centre started to perform all task possibly in-house or under their own umbrella. Sort of like the so called >>Supply chain<< issues we hear of today.

But if the full allotment of marks had not been worked off the tubes, picking up the pieces and putting the sporting weapons jig saw puzzle of who made what, would have been much easier. Then again I guess a copy of associated manifests would be most beneficial. But documents are always sacrificed to the ravages of time and all with which we are left are the worn marks themselves to tell the tale.

Serbus,

Raimey
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