VOPO markings on a Browning BDA???

[sheepherder]

On the subject of VOPO markings/sunburst...

I was browsing GB looking at Sig Sauer P220's and this Browning BDA cropped up...with VOPO sunburst and nitro proof marks...

Browning Model BDA Pistol, manufactured by Sig Sauer for Browning

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=195289721

...???...Hmmmmm...???...

[Vlim]

Hi, I see a Western-German commercial Crown/N proof, a 1977 proof date and the proof mark of the proof house in Kiel (West-Germany at the time).

Not much VoPo about it

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Vlim

Hi, I see a Western-German commercial Crown/N proof, a 1977 proof date and the proof mark of the proof house in Kiel (West-Germany at the time).

Not much VoPo about it

So the middle mark isn't the VOPO sunburst???

It's a blurry pic, but to me the top figure looks like an Eagle/N; middle a sunburst; and the bottom looks like "H H"...

[Vlim]

The middle mark is the proof house ID of the proof house in Kiel.

It looks like a squashed bug

HH is the year code for 1977 (H = 7).

They use a simple letter code whereby a digit is replaced by a letter.

(i see that I called the proof a crown/N, of couse that had to be an eagle/N ....hum...)

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Vlim

(i see that I called the proof a crown/N, of course that had to be an eagle/N ....hum...)

... ...

Not an Eagle/H???

[sheepherder]

When I first saw the auction, it occurred to me that perhaps it was a built-up parts gun...maybe with an East German barrel (or slide; it looks like these marks are on the slide)...

In any case, it's a single-stacker...I'll look for a double stacker...P226...There's a couple police turn-ins for under $400...

[Vlim]

Only when sober

I know these as the SIG 225, we have one at our club. Nice guns with limited mag capacity (which is not a problem as we have a 5-round limit for practice and a 6-round limit for military pistol shooting).