Former artillery police rework

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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.

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.