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Originally Posted by DonVoigt
I can't see the proof marks on your barrel, but the description sounds like proof marks of the police or army rebuild facilities, from the '20s to the '30s.
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Don, in the second picture, the barrel appears to have an Eagle/33 stamp on the left side which G&S on page 516 explain would have been applied by a military inspector at the Simpson plant. It is normally found on replacement barrels that also have the PTV/Eagle stamp. I think that the right side barrel stamp was the PTV/Eagle but poorly struck and then the refinish removed even more of it.
I had to use a magnifying glass to see those stamps well enough to determine/guess what they are.