Thanks for the info guys! I did purchase this from Stembridge, along with a few other guns such as Indy's gun from Raiders, Arnold's spinning shotgun from T2, Mel Gibson's Baretta from Lethal Weapon, etc. I'm extremely new to guns, so I may have to ask for help on the name of the parts.
How would I see what number is stamped under the receiver rail?
The sideplate has number 87 on the bottom.
I was curious about the 30 on the barrel as well since I have not seen any other examples like that.
According to Stembridge, it was used by Col. Klink. I have been talking with Syd Stembridge lately and working with him to dig through the old rental agreements to see if he can locate the original rental paperwork showing that as well. I have 6 seasons of episodes to work through as well, but that is part of the hunt with props.
The RKO stamp is definitely the studio from 1928-1957, I have seen this on other props. This indicates to me that it was used in potentially several of the early war movies, then found it's way to Stembridge, then on the Hogan's Heroes and most likely several other shows and movies.
Desi
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