Restorations by Thor

[Kyrie]

Originally Posted by ithacaartist

Ted, one of the autos above appears to be Spanish. I'm not familiar enough with them to know anything about who made it but, as an aside, my involvement with small frame Llama pistols turned up the Spanish date codes. Pistols are generally stamped on the left side above the trigger well. This makes identifying the year of manufacture of Spanish firearms pretty easy!

A 1927 A1 1955 A2 1981
B 1928 B1 1956 B2 1982
C 1929 C1 1957 C2 1983
CH 1930
D 1931 D1 1958 D2 1984
E 1932 E1 1959 E2 1985
F 1933 F1 1960 F2 1986
G 1934 G1 1961 G2 1987
H 1935 H1 1962 H2 1988
I 1936 I1 1963 I2 1989
J 1937 J1 1964 J2 1990
K 1938 K1 1965 K2 1991
L 1939 L1 1966 L2 1992
LL 1940
M 1941 M1 1967 M2 1993
N 1942 N1 1968 N2 1994
Ñ 1943 Ñ1 1969 Ñ2 1995
O 1944 O1 1970 02 1996
P 1945 P1 1971 P2 1997
Q 1946 Q1 1972 Q2 1998
R 1947 R1 1973 R2 1999
S 1948 S1 1974 S2 2000
T 1949 T1 1975 T2 2001
U 1950 U1 1976 U2 2002
V 1951 V1 1977 V2 2003
X 1952 X1 1978 X2 2004
Y 1953 Y1 1979 Y2 2005
Z 1954 Z1 1980 Z2 2006

Purely FYI, this system of year code proof ceased to be used after 1994. Beginning in 1995 a new system was implemented by following the firearm serial number with the maker's ID number, code identifying type of firearm, the (ordinal by year and maker) number of the gun, and the (two digit) year of proof.