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Attached is a picture of the MAGI marking.

Maybe it is more fundamental like GmBH(Gesellschaft mit Beschr�nkter Haftung) in German or Soci�t� Priv�e � Responsabilit� Limit�e??

So it would be Soci�t� Priv�e � Responsabilit� Limit�e MAGI.CM & looks to have faltered or experienced liquidation in December of 1977?



Cheers,

Raimey
rse

If 32095 was rebarreled by A N Other,why is it stamped with Francotte Choke on the flats?

Maybe it was a sleeving effort or similar? But MAGI didn't arrive on the scene till around 1948.

Cheers,

Raimey
rse

All a conundrum !

I'm wide open for any and all postulates. More like a Francotte - Magi Gordian Knot?


Cheers,

Raimey
rse

Set of `fitter in` barrels fron another gun perhaps?

Just a note on corporations in the Francophone world:

L'ancienne d�nomination "soci�t� de personnes � responsabilit� limit�e" (SPRL) est remplac�e par la nouvelle d�nomination "soci�t� � responsabilit� limit�e" (SARL). Double test pour les distributions de b�n�fices, comme les dividendes. Limitation de la responsabilit� des administrateurs

Clearly the gun dates to before the term SARL replaced SPRL for designation who/how the benefits and dividends are distributed and what liability is on the administrators. Thus, an older gun as Bob Beach has outlined above.

Regards, Tim

Thanks again Raimey and Tim.
We can't know if the action originally carried the Smokeless Powder proof mark, or if it was added at the time of the re-barrel. It appears to be less worn with raised edges than the '20' and 'LD'. And the 's' and 'x' controller's stamps are different fonts. As Bob stated the barrels originally could have been damascus.
Not hard to imagine that Francotte contracted with MAGI to rebarrel in the 60s; but the gun was still a Francotte. This would also assume that VL&D (or the owner) sent the gun back to Francotte for the rebarrel.