1900 AE with Swiss Cross on Barrel

spangy · 02-22-2022, 05:05 PM

the barrel fonts and the frame fonts seem different to me too aldo ... especially at the top of the #1's

Ashampoo_Snap_2022.02.22_20h26m39s_041_.jpg

Might be the angle on the barrel but needs more checking to me.

gunbugs · 02-22-2022, 08:30 PM

The barrel numbers being stamped on the inside of a curved surface may play a part in the appearance. The stamps themselves being flat.

Doug G. · 02-22-2022, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by gunbugs

The barrel numbers being stamped on the inside of a curved surface may play a part in the appearance. The stamps themselves being flat.

True, but the inside of the number 8 is not round and the inside of the numbers look choppy. Like an engraving chisel or pen?

Compare to one of my 1900 AE's.

Dwight Gruber · 02-23-2022, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by spangy

the barrel fonts and the frame fonts seem different to me too aldo ... especially at the top of the #1's

Attachment 84838

Might be the angle on the barrel but needs more checking to me.

I don't have time to do a full photo comparison right now, but on early Old Model pistols the barrel numeral stamps are different from the frame numeral stamps, and the barrel stamp of sn 8911 is broadly consistent with contemporary examples.

--Dwight

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gunbugs Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Home of the best moose. Posts: 684 Thanks: 375 Thanked 1,231 Times in 415 Posts	The barrel numbers being stamped on the inside of a curved surface may play a part in the appearance. The stamps themselves being flat.