My 1942 byf...barrel query...

John Sabato · 02-04-2014, 08:59 AM

Minor correction to all the good info Doug (alanint) has provided... "E.C.C.S.A PEN SA"
was not in Pennsylvania... the ECCSA was the initials for the company name, which I no longer remember, but I have seen reported on other forums that it was the importer name for the Cross Roads Gun Shop.

The PEN SA portion of the stamp (the space between PEN and SA was probably unintentional during the stamping process)... was a shortened version of PENNSAUKEN, NJ... the actual location for the importer.

Hmmm, I guess Rich got his post in while I was typing mine...

02-04-2014, 08:59 AM	#4
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,155 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,308 Times in 1,098 Posts	Minor correction to all the good info Doug (alanint) has provided... "E.C.C.S.A PEN SA" was not in Pennsylvania... the ECCSA was the initials for the company name, which I no longer remember, but I have seen reported on other forums that it was the importer name for the Cross Roads Gun Shop. The PEN SA portion of the stamp (the space between PEN and SA was probably unintentional during the stamping process)... was a shortened version of PENNSAUKEN, NJ... the actual location for the importer. Hmmm, I guess Rich got his post in while I was typing mine... __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*