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Johnny Peppers · 07-09-2002, 08:59 PM

The requirement for the foreign weapon to be stamped NOT ENGLISH MAKE was not discontinued until 1955. Several changes in the proof laws were instituted in 1955, and this was one of them. To my knowledge, none of the small arms sent to England under the Lend-Lease Act were returned to the US Government. All were apparently released by the British government for commercial sale. A few 1911A1 pistols will be found with the Canadian Broad Arrow C property mark in addition to the British Proofs. At the end of WWII they were sold as surplus to a British small arms dealer, sent to England, proofed, and returned to the commercial market in the US.

07-09-2002, 08:59 PM	#17
Johnny Peppers User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Calion, Arkansas Posts: 1,042 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	The requirement for the foreign weapon to be stamped NOT ENGLISH MAKE was not discontinued until 1955. Several changes in the proof laws were instituted in 1955, and this was one of them. To my knowledge, none of the small arms sent to England under the Lend-Lease Act were returned to the US Government. All were apparently released by the British government for commercial sale. A few 1911A1 pistols will be found with the Canadian Broad Arrow C property mark in addition to the British Proofs. At the end of WWII they were sold as surplus to a British small arms dealer, sent to England, proofed, and returned to the commercial market in the US.