OT: USGI 1911A1 with German proofs

MarkC · 07-18-2002, 05:54 PM

Thanks, the gun was made in '43. A fellow collector e mailed me this.....Any gun legally owned by a German citizen must go through one of
the German prrof houses where they are tested with loads from 1 1/2 times
normal load to 3 times normal load. After passing test, they are proofed.
The antler on your gun means that the gun was proofed at Ulm. This is the
same proof house where all of the Walther manufactured guns are tested. Gun
could have possibly been issued to post-war German police under US
occupation.....

07-18-2002, 05:54 PM	#10
MarkC User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 482 Thanks: 1 Thanked 126 Times in 29 Posts	Thanks, the gun was made in '43. A fellow collector e mailed me this.....Any gun legally owned by a German citizen must go through one of the German prrof houses where they are tested with loads from 1 1/2 times normal load to 3 times normal load. After passing test, they are proofed. The antler on your gun means that the gun was proofed at Ulm. This is the same proof house where all of the Walther manufactured guns are tested. Gun could have possibly been issued to post-war German police under US occupation.....