Russell,
Since you ask--the inspector marks and proof on the right receiver and the small flange toggle pin reveal this gun's origin as an Army weapon.
The outline profile of the rear sight, the modern machining marks, and the slider's fit at the front where it recesses into the rear toggle reveal it as a modern reproduction.
The constant stroke widths and rounded ends of the grip-strap number are characteristic of pantograph rounting--if you remove the whitening you will probably find router-end swirling in the strokes.
It would be instructive for us all if you could post closeup, detailed views of the left receiver, breechblock, left barrel, and under-barrel markings.
If you paid a decently moderate shooting gun price for this it should be great fun to shoot and show off at the range.
--Dwight
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