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Unread 04-22-2013, 12:26 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by ithacaartist View Post
The "P" stamped on the barrel is also stamped on one of my mags!
The marking on the barrel is actually an intertwined "BP" for Bernerprobe or Beschussprobe. I suspect your magazine is a plastic based magazine for the 1929 Swiss and the script "P" indicates the manufacturer Paillard (I don't think that is spelled correctly but is is something like that ).
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