"made in Germany

Jim Keenan · 05-09-2003, 02:44 PM

U.S. law requires all products imported into the U.S. to bear a marking, on the product or package, stating the country in which it was made. This law applied to guns prior to 1968, when the import law for guns was changed to require the name and address (usually abbreviated) of the importer and the gun caliber). This is generally called "the import mark". This change can help pin down an approximate date of importation.

The only things certain is that a pistol marked "Germany" or "Made in Germany" was imported sometime before 1968, and that the pistol in question was marked by an importer, not by the factory.

Jim

05-09-2003, 02:44 PM	#4
Jim Keenan User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 184 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	U.S. law requires all products imported into the U.S. to bear a marking, on the product or package, stating the country in which it was made. This law applied to guns prior to 1968, when the import law for guns was changed to require the name and address (usually abbreviated) of the importer and the gun caliber). This is generally called "the import mark". This change can help pin down an approximate date of importation. The only things certain is that a pistol marked "Germany" or "Made in Germany" was imported sometime before 1968, and that the pistol in question was marked by an importer, not by the factory. Jim