Below is what is required of importers. It looks like to me that the country of origin is part of the importers mark. All of this came from the BATF website.
However, I am a pretty simple guy and maybe I don't comprehend everything that I read. Wouldn't be the first time.
(a) (1) Firearms. You, as a licensed
manufacturer or licensed importer of firearms,
must legibly identify each firearm
manufactured or imported as follows:
(i) By engraving, casting, stamping
(impressing), or otherwise conspicuously
placing or causing to be engraved,
cast, stamped (impressed) or
placed on the frame or receiver
thereof an individual serial number.
The serial number must be placed in
a manner not susceptible of being
readily obliterated, altered, or removed,
and must not duplicate any
serial number placed by you on any
other firearm. For firearms manufactured
or imported on and after January
30, 2002, the engraving, casting,
or stamping (impressing) of the serial
number must be to a minimum depth
of .003 inch and in a print size no
smaller than 1/16 inch; and
(ii) By engraving, casting, stamping
(impressing), or otherwise conspicuously
placing or causing to be
engraved, cast, stamped (impressed)
or placed on the frame, receiver, or
barrel thereof certain additional information.
This information must be
placed in a manner not susceptible of
being readily obliterated, altered, or
removed. For firearms manufactured
or imported on and after January 30,
2002, the engraving, casting, or
stamping (impressing) of this information
must be to a minimum depth of
.003 inch. The additional information
includes:
(A) The model, if such designation
has been made;
(B) The caliber or gauge;
(C) Your name (or recognized
abbreviation) and also, when applicable,
the name of the foreign
manufacturer;
(D) In the case of a domestically
made firearm, the city and State (or
recognized abbreviation thereof)
where you as the manufacturer
maintain your place of business;
and
(E) In the case of an imported
firearm, the name of the country in
which it was manufactured and the
city and State (or recognized abbreviation
thereof) where you as
the importer maintain your place of
business. For additional requirements
relating to imported firearms,
see Customs regulations at 19
CFR part 134.
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