Gun Marks

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Tradenames, Codemarks, and Proofs

from 1870 to the Present
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(GUNMARKS
by David Byron
David Byron has compiled in this vol-

ume the most comprehensive and useful
collection of manufacturer’s identifying
marks for firearms throughout the world.
This is a most practical tool for the gun
collector: The marks are classified and
arranged by structure. All those made
up primarily of letters, whether they are
lettered inscriptions, initials, or mono-
grams with intertwined letters, are
grouped together. These are followed
by figural, geometric, or animate marks,
and combinations of figural and lettered
ones.
Subdivisions are based on the border
shape of the marks, such as oval, square,
diamond. Accompanying the marks are
descriptions of the firearms bearing
them and the names and locations of the
manufacturers.
The second section of the book con-
tains a list of all the world’s firearms
manufacturers with cross-reference to
the marks.
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CONTENTS
MARKS 1 Stars 61
Monograms in circles 1 Transportation and Buildings 63
Monograms in ovals 9 Various Inanimate Objects 64
Monograms in various borders 13 Geometric Designs 65
Monograms without borders 14 Birds 70
Letters in circles 17 Hearts 74
Numbers in circles 25 Lions 75
Letters in ovals 26 Dogs 78
Letters in diamonds 30 Horses 79
Letters in triangles 31 Bears 80
Letters in rectangles 32 Insects 80
Letters in various borders 34 Deer 81
Letters without borders 41 Buffalo 81
Numbers without borders 43 Various Animals 82
Anchors 44 Humans 83
Arrows 45 Plants 86
Bombs 47 Crests 88
Crosses 48
Bullets and Guns 49 Se As UE 22
Crowns 51 INDEX 181
INTRODUCTION
Perhaps the fastest-growing field of collector interest in this country is

firearms and for a good reason. Guns have a unique place in American
history and folklore. For instance it’s hard to think of Colt without
remembering the Old West, or of Daniel Boone without his “Kentucky”
rifle. This strong association with our heritage is spurring a growing
interest even among people who don’t consider themselves “gun nuts”
but who do want a tangible link with their past.
This intense interest has made the well-known arms scarce and
expensive, and has led the collectors and speculators to the relatively
undefined group of cartridge arms from the smaller makers.
For years as a retail gun dealer and collector I spent hours trying to
identify guns with strange names and marks, and while there were a few
good reference books about flintlock and percussion arms, information
concerning cartridge arms was scarce. Out of frustration I have compiled
this book listing about three thousand names and codes from A.A. to
Zonda, and one thousand trademarks and proofs found on guns made
since 1870. This covers the myriad of guns made in the U.S. and abroad
but like all works of this type cannot cover the entire spectrum. There
are still scores of names and marks that haven’t been ascribed to any
particular marker, and for space economy I have left out these as well as
descriptions of a few very well known firms. It is my hope that in time
most of the unknowns can be defined.
This book is divided into two main sections, the first being devoted
to marks and is subdivided by visual pattern. The second is an alpha-
numeric listing of names and codes.
The information in this book has been gathered from reliable
sources and is believed to be accurate. I especially want to thank Ken
King and Bill Mrock of Orlando, Florida, Frank Moyer of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, and Charles Meyer of Sanford, Florida, for their tremen-
dous assistance with my research.
MARKS
Monograms in circles
ABAD. Hopkins & Allen of Nor-

wich, Conn. gripmark on
Armero Especialistas revolvers.
Reunidas of Eibar, Spain
trademark on_ revolvers.
Domingo Acha y Cia. grip-

mark on Looking Glass
pistols.
Jose Aldazabal of Eibar,
Spain trademark on pistol.
Retolaza Hermanos of
Eibar,-Spain gripmark.
American Arms Co. of

Boston, Mass. gripmark on
revolvers.
S.A. Vincitor of Eibar,

Spain gripmark.
Andrew Fryberg & Co. of

Hopkinton, Mass. grip-
mark on revolvers.
Alois Tomiska of Pilsen, Trocaola, Aranzabal y. Cia.

Czechoslovakia gripmark of Eibar, Spain trademark
on “Little Tom” pistol. on T.A.C. revolvers.
Isidro Gaztanaga of Eibar, J. Cesar Trade Mark on

Spain trademark on pistols. pistols made by Tomas de
Urizar Eibar, Spain.
Hijos de C. Arrizabalaga
of Eibar, Spain gripmark.
Garate, Anitua y Cia. of

Eibar, Spain gripmark on
“Express” pistols.
Fab. d’Armes F. Delu of

Liege, Belgium gripmark
on Delu pistols.
Bauer Firearms Co. of

Fraser, Mich. trademark.
Domingo Acha y Cia of

Ermua, Spain on Looking
Glass pistol.
Crucelegui Hermanos of Etxezaraga Abitua y Cia.

Eibar, Spain gripmark on of Eibar, Spain gripmark
pistols. on pistols.
Esperanza y Unceta, Guer- Beistegui Hermanos of

nica, Spain, gripmark on Eibar, Spain trademark on
Victoria pistol. handguns.
Fabbrica Nazionale d’Armi U. S. ordnance inspection

of Brescia, Italy trademark mark of G. H. Stewart on
BRESCIA on rifles and shotguns. M1911 pistols.
AD &
Orbea Hermanos of Eibar,
@
Georg Grabner of Austria Spain trademark on hand-
gripmark on 3mm Kolibri guns.
pistols.
raxieay
OLtaRi
Guisasola Hermanos of
Eibar, Spain.
J. Jacquemart of Herstal,
Belgium = gripmark = on
pistols.
Firearms Import & Export

of Miami, Fla. gripmark
Mre. d’Armes des Pyrenees on pistols.
Francaises of Hendaye,
France trademark.
@/
Hijos de Calixto Arriza-
balaga of Eibar, Spain on
Gabilondo y Cia of Elgoi- “Sharp Shooter’’ pistol.
bar, Spain trademark. (Note spelling.)
f Maltby-Henley Co. of New

York trademark.
Iver Johnson of Fitchburg,
Mass. gripmark on revolv-
ers.
Hy Hunter of Hollywood,
Cal. gripmark. Fab. d’Armes Jannsen et
Fills of Liege, Belgium,
trademark.
Gregorio Bolumburo of
Gloria pistols. Theodor Kommer, Suhl,
Germany gripmark on
Model II pistol.
Gevelot et Gaupillat of Dutch Colonial Forces

Paris, France trademark. mark on Luger pistols.
‘ Fab. d’Armes de Grande Maltby-Curtis Co. of New

Precision gripmark on York City gripmark on
Minerve pistols. revolvers.
U. S. ordnance inspection
mark of J. M. Gilbert on
M1911 pistols. Meriden Firearms Co. of
Meriden, Conn. trademark.
August Menz of Suhl, Ger-

many trademark on pistols.
U. S. ordnance inspection
mark of W. H. Gorton on
M1911 pistols.
Meriden Firearms Co. of

Meriden, Conn. trademark
on revolvers. Fernando Ormachea of
Ermua, Spain gripmark.
Q
@ J. Bertrand of Liege, Bel-
gium trademark.
Mre. Francaise d’Armes et
Cycles of St. Etienne,
France trademark.
RADE
Ojanguren y Marcaide of
Eibar, Spain used on re- Sears, Roebuck & Co.
volvers. gripmark on revolvers.
Heinrich Ortgies & Co. of a (insme Eibar, Spain gripmark on
Erfurt, Germany, gripmark pistols.
on pistols.
Smith & Wesson of Spring-

field, Mass. trademark.
Friederich Pickert of Zella-
Mehlis, Germany _ trade-
mark.
Suinaga y Aramperri of
Eibar, Spain trademark on
Spanish Government revolvers.
Acceptance Mark.
wees €
J. P. Sauer u. Sohn trade-
Amadeo Rossi & Co. of mark as found on Model
Sao Leopoldo, Brazil. H-38 pistols, ca. 1940.
J. P. Sauer u. Sohn of aly Trocaola, Aranabal y Cia

West Germany trademark.
(1DLy of Eibar, Spain gripmark
on revolver.
Thompson/Center Arms
Co. of Rochester, N. H.
trademark.
Russian quality control

mark.
Tokyo Gas & Electric of

Japan trademark on
pistols.
Metallurgica Bresciana of
Brescia, Italy trademark
on revolvers.
1922 Ojanguren y
Eibar, Spain
Vidosa of
trademark.
Russian
mark.
quality control
»
®e
@ U. S. ordnance inspection
mark of W. G. Penfield
on M1911 pistols.
Carl Walther Waffenfabrik Ceska Zbrojovka of Stra-

of Zella-Mehlis, Germany konice, Czechoslovakia
gripmark. gripmark.
SEKS
Davis-Warner Arms Corp. Ceska Zbrojovka of Stra-
of Assonet, Mass. gripmark konice, Czechoslovakia
on infallible pistol. gripmark.
Se ake
aa
N
Weiner Waffenfabrik,
| Vienna, Austria gripmark Zaragoza gripmark on
yy on “Little Tom’ pistols. Corla pistol.
Monograms in ovals
4 Acha Hermanos of Ermua,

Spain gripmark.
Frommer
Hungary
of Budapest,
gripmark on
“Baby” pistol.
Frommer of Budapest,
Hungary gripmark on
August Menz of Suhl, Ger- “Liliput” pistol.
many gripmark.
Berastain y Cia. of Eibar,

Spain gripmark on Bufalo Frommer of Budapest,
pistol. Hungary gripmark on
“Stop” pistol.
86°
6
Becker & Hollander of Firma Pfannl of Krems/
Suhl, Germany trademark Donau, Austria gripmark
on pistols. on Erika pistol.
Henrion et Dassy of Liege,

Belgium
pistols.
trademark on
04*@ Fab. National d’Armes de

Guerre of Herstal, Belgium
trademark.
8
Monograms in ovals
Fabrique Nationale Hourat et Vie, Pau, France

d’Armes de Guerre of gripmark on pistols.
Herstal, Belgium gripmark
on pistols.
DANTON
Gabilondo y Cia of Elgoi-

bar, Spain trademark.
Hopkins & Allen trade-
mark on buttplates.
Guisasola Hermanos of
pistols.
E. Zehner of Suhl, Ger-

many trademark.
Isidro Gaztanaga of Eibar,

Spain trademark.
French blackpowder ordi-

bar, Spain trademark on
nary proof (Paris).
pistols.
®
pS
Armand Gauage of Liege, French blackpowder dou-
Belgium trademark. ble proof mark (Paris).
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Monograms in ovals
Echave y Arizmendi of Nicolas Pieper of Herstal,

Eibar, Spain gripmark on Belgium gripmark on
Bronco pistols. pistols.
Bernardon-Martin of St.
Etienne, France gripmark Robar et Dekerkhove of
on Hermetic pistols. Liege, Belgium trademark.
Erquiaga, Muguruza y Cia.

of Eibar Spain gripmark Rheinische Metallwaren u.
on Fiel #1 pistol. Maschinenfabrik of
Sommerda, Germany
(Rheinmetall) gripmark on
Dreyse pistols.
Societe Francaise d’Armes

de St. Etienne, of France
trademark on pistol.
Societe d’Armes of Paris,
France gripmark on pistol.
@
6?
ea
Oesterreichische Waffen-
fabrik Ges. of Steyr, Aus-
tria trademark on pistol.
=@#@ Modesto Santos of Eibar,

Spain gripmark on Action
pistols.
11
Monograms in ovals
lraola, Salaverria of Eibar, Russian quality control

cr)Spain gripmark on pistols. mark.
J. Bertrand of Liege, Bel-

gium gripmark.
Carl Waltehr of Zella-St.

Blasit, Germany trade-
mark.
Fab. d’Armes de Grande

Precision of Spain grip-
mark on Minerve pistol.
C.G. Haenel, Suhl, Ger- Winchester Repeating

many, gripmark on First Arms Co. monogram on
Model Schmeisser pistol. lever-action shotguns.
Monograms in various borders
Lothar Walther of Konigs- Azanza y Arrizabalaga of

bronn, W. Germany. Eibar, Spain trademark on
pistols.
Remington Arms Co. of

Ilion, N. Y. gripmark on
revolvers.
Auguste Francotte of
on pistols.
Hispano Argentina Fab. de

Automoviles of Buenos
Aires trademark on HAF-
Larranga y Elartza of DASA pistols.
Eibar, Spain trademark
on pistol.
Charles Ph. Clement of

Waffenfabrik Mauser of Liege, Belgium trademark.
Oberndorf, Germany
trademark on pistols.
@&€*
ca
Antonio Errasti of Eibar,
ta
Be
&ep
Mauser Werke of Obern- Spain trademark on pis-
dorf, Germany trademark. tols.
nya |
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Monograms without borders
6 Sweden proof firing mark. Austro-Hungarian

Czechoslovakian
and
black-
powder proof for Prague
1891-1931.
Sweden final inspection

mark since 1962.
Austro-Hungarian and
Austrian 1st proof for
Ferlach since 1891.
English R.S.A.F. Enfield

mark on Bren guns.
Austrian 1st proof for
Vienna since 1891.
G. C. Dornheim of Suhl,
Germany trademark.
Czechoslovakian smoke-
less powder proof for
Weipert 1891-1931.
Deutsche Waffen u. Muni-

tionsfabriken of Berlin,
Germany, trademark.
Erma Werke Munchen of

Belgian provisional black- Dachau, W. Germany
powder proof since 1852. trademark on pistols.
Gustav Genschow & Co. of Austro-Hungarian and

Berlin, Germany _ trade- \V Austrian smokeless pow-
mark, der proof since 1891 for
Vienna.
Nw
Czechoslovakian smoke-
less powder proof for
Weipert 1891-1931.
Hecker & Koch of Obern-
dorf/Neckar, West Ger-
many.
&P Swiss military proof.
A. Krauser Waffenfabrik
of Zella-Mehlis, Germany
gripmark on _ Helfricht
Model 3 pistols.
Parker-Hale Ltd. of Bir-
mingham, England trade-
mark.
Hungarian smokeless pow-
B der proof for Budapest
1891-1928.
Relay Products (Pty.) Ltd.
of Johannesburg, South
Africa makers of Mamba
pistols.
Austrian smokeless pow-
F der proof 1891 to date
for Ferlach.
Czechoslovakian smokeless
powder proof for Prague Romerwerk of Suhl, Ger-
F 1891-1931. many gripmark on pistol.
15
Security Industries of Warner Arms Corp. of

America of Little Ferry, Norwich, Conn. trademark
N.J. trademark on revolv- on infallible pistol.
ers.
Sterling Arms Corp. of

Lockport, N. Y. trademark
on pistols.
Py Winchester Repeating
Faye Arms trademark.
Union Switch & Signal of

Swissvale, Pa. trademark
on M1911A1 pistols.
#2
i)
bp French
HSC’s
mark
made
on
in
Mauser
France.
z)
East German
ty” mark.
“‘first quali-
Letters in circles
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IOS S. A. Alkartasua of Guer- K. Burgsmuller Sen. of
nica, Spain trademark on Kreiensen, West Germany
AL AR pistols. trademark on_ revolvers.
\) 2 Pietro Beretta of Brescia,

Italy trademark.
Armi Galesi of Brescia,
Italy trademark. &)
e
ZER
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Portuguese mark on
American Arms Co. of Guedes rifles.
Boston, Mass. gripmark.
Deutsche Werke of Erfurt,

Germany trademark.
Theodor Bergmann of
Gaggenau, Germany grip-
mark on Model 3 pistol.
Herman Weihrauch Sport-

i) waffenfabrik gripmark on
BULLDOG
Rohm Gesellschaft of Son- revolvers.
theim/Brenz, West Ger- A p’
many revolver gripmark.
F. Dusek of Opocno,
Bernedo y Cia. of Eibar, Czechoslovakia gripmark
Spain gripmark on pistols. on .25 pistols.
We
Letters in circles
& Echave, Arizmendi y Cia

of Eibar, Spain trademark.
Erma Waffenfabrik
mark.
trade-
CD EIG Corp. trademark on

revolvers made in Italy. Austrian definitive proof
on arms of foreign make
1929-40.
EIG trademark on Rohm

revolvers.
Rohm Gesellschaft of Son-

theim/Brenz, West Ger-
many gripmark on revolv-
ers.
EIG of Miami, Florida

trademark on imported
guns.
Firearms International of
Washington, D. C. trade-
mark.
EIG of Miami, Florida
trademark on imported
guns.
Gertenberger & Eberwein Spesco of Atlanta, Ga.

of Gussenstadt, Germany. gripmark on pistols.
Schmidt & Haberman of

Suhl, Germany trademark Firearms Import & Export
on sporting arms. of Miami, Fla. trademark.
Letters in circles
Fab. Material de Guerre Harrington & Richardson

del Ejercito of Santiago, gripmark on revolvers.
Chile.
Gustloff Werke of Suhl, Harrington & Richardson

Germany gripmark on of Gardner, Mass. grip-
pistols. mark on handguns.
G.C. Dornheim of Suhl,

Germany trademark. Herbert Schmidt of Ost-
heim, West Germany grip-
mark on revolvers.

High Standard Mfg. Co. of
many revolver trademark
Hamden, Conn. gripmark
on “’Thalco’s.”’
on pistols.
Hy Score Arms Co. of

Hawes Firearms Co. of Brooklyn, N.Y. gripmark
Van Nuys, Calif. gripmark. on Rohm revolvers.
Industria Armi Galesi of

HUTPO Russian
proof.
final smokeless
Brescia, Italy gripmark on
Model 9 pistol.
H. Krieghoff of Ulm, West

Hopkins & Allen of Nor- Germany trademark on
wich, Conn. trademark. shotguns.
19
Letters in circles
J. G. Anschutz of Zella- Nicolas Pieper gripmark on

Mehlis, Germany trade- Legia pistol.
mark.

J. M. Marlin of New many revolver gripmark.
Haven, Conn. trademark.
Henry M. Kolb of Phila-

delphia, Pa. gripmark on
Baby Hammerless revolv-
Gabilondo y Cia. of Elgoi-
ers.
bar, Spain gripmark on
pistols.
Russian shotgun pattern-

ing check mark.

Francisco Arizmendi of
pistols.
Kriegskorte & Co. of

Stuttgart, West Germany Gabilondo y Cia. of Elgoi-
trademark on rifles. bar, Spain gripmark on
pistols.
®P*eeao@
bo0
Kriegeskorte & Co. of
Stuttgart, West Germany
trademark on rifles. Israeli definitive proof.
Letters in circles
Tradewinds, Inc. of Kirikkale Tufek Fb. of

Tacoma, Wash. gripmark Kirikkale, Turkey trade-
on Mercury pistols. mark.
Mre. Stephanoise d’Armes

St. Etienne, France trade-
Miroku trademark on butt- mark on _ shotguns and
plates. rifles.
i
Gerstenberger u. Eberwein
of Gussenstadt, West Ger-
—_ many gripmark on revolv-
Martin A. Bascaran of ers.
Martian pistols.
Precise Imports Corp. grip-

mark on imported pistols.
Robar et Cie. of Liege,

Belgium gripmark on
Melior 1920 New Model.
Precise Imports Corp.
trademark on pistol grips.
Robar et Cie. of Liege, Precise Imports Corp.

Belgium on Melior 1920 trademark on Rohm re-
(no safety). volvers.
21
Letters Ne Gancles
Rohm Gesellschaft of Son- Rohm Gesellschaft of Son-

theim/Brenz, West Ger- theim/Brenz, West Ger-
many on revolvers marked many revolver trademark.
“Thalco Plinker.””
West Germany admission Rohm Gesellschaft of

to proof of blank firing Sontheim/Brenz, West
guns. Germany.
E. Remington & Sons of

Ilion, N.Y. gripmark on re- Rigarmi of Brescia, Italy
volvers. gripmark on pistols.
Mre. d’Armes Automa-

tiques Bayonne of Bay- Rohm Gesellschaft of Son-
onne, France. theim/Brenz, West Ger-
many trademark on re-
volvers imported by Rosco
Arms Co.
Reck Sportwaffenfabrik of
Nurnberg, Germany. Rohm Gesellschaft of Son-
many revolver gripmark.
7 N
em Rohm Gesellschaft of Son-
theim/Brenz West Ger-
Remington Arms Co.
Ilion, N.Y. trademark.
of
ZZ, many
volver.
trademark on _ re-
Letters in circles
Amadeo Rossi of S. Leo- Fred Bifflar & Co. of

poldo, Brazil. Chicago, III. gripmark on
Secret Service Special re-
volvers.
German Nazi party mark Rohm Gesellschaft of Son-

on Walther pistols (RZM). theim/Brenz, West Ger-
ers.
Etablecimientos Venturini
A.A.1.C.Y.F. of South Smith & Wesson of Spring-
America trademark. field, Mass. gripmark on
revolvers.

bar, Spain trademark on
revolver.
OSE
)
2
Orueta Hermanos of Eibar,
Spain trademark on revolv-
ers.
Ss
bar Spain trademark on re- Taurus gripmark on re-
volver.
te volvers made in Brazil.
8R As
R. F. Sedgley of Phila-
delphia, Pa. gripmark on T. E. Ryan of Norwich,
Baby Hammerless revolv- Conn. gripmark on re-
ers. volvers.
23
Letters in circles
Mre. d’Armes des Pyrenees Rohm Gesellschaft of Son-

of Hendaye, France. theim/Brenz, West Ger-
many trademark on rfe-
volvers.

Mass. gripmark on U. S.
Revolver Co. guns.
Russian final black-powder

proof (Tula).
Gerstenberger u. Eberwein
of Gussenstadt, West Ger-
ers imported by Valor.
©
©
Ceska Zbrojovka of Stra-
konice, Czechoslovakia
gripmark on “2” pistol.
ers imported by Valor of
Miami.
AUN Rohm Gesellschaft grip- Rohm Gesellschaft trade-

VESTPOCKET] mark on _ revolvers im- mark on_ revolvers im-
UE’ ported by Rosco Arms Co. ported by Stoeger Arms
Corp.
Herman Weirauch Sport-

waffenfabrik, Zella-Mehlis,
Germany trademark. Israeli definitive proof.
24
Numbers in circles
Gerstenberger u. Eberwein Carl Walther of Zella-

of Gussenstadt, West Ger- Mehlis, Germany gripmark
many gripmark. on Mod. 8 pistol.
Esprin Hermanos of Eibar,

Spain gripmark on revolv-
ers.
August Menz of Suhl,

Germany, gripmark on
Model II pistol.
August Menz, Suhl, Ger-

many gripmark on Liliput
pistol.
Mre. d’Armes des Pyrenees

gripmark on Nazi-issue
Unique pistols.
August Menz of Suhl,

Germany gripmark.
Echave y Arizmendi of Russian provisional black-

Eibar, Spain gripmark. powder proof (Tula).
25
Letters in ovals
83
Auguste Francotte of Colt Firearms trademark
Liege, Belgium trademark. on revolvers, ca. 1920.
Trocaola y Aranzabal of
Arizmendi y Zulaica of Eibar, Spain gripmark on
Eibar, Spain. revolver.
Theodor Bergman of Suhl,

Germany
pistols.
gripmark on
ei East German
House.
Suhl proof
Echave, Arizmendi y Cia

Berlin-Suhler Waffen
trademark on sporting
arms.
Emil Eckoldt of Suhl,

Germany trademark on
rifles.
Belgian pressure barrel GegrQodet 137%
proof mark.
Charles Ph. Clement, Liege,

Belgium Gripmark on Echave, Arizmendi y Cia.
pistols. SULT of Eibar, Spain gripmark.
Letters in ovals
Belgian black-powder Marlin Firearm Co. of New

proof since 1810. Haven, Conn. trademark
and proof.
Theodor Kommer of Zella-

Mehlis, Germany gripmark
on Model III! pistol.
Esperanza y Unceta of
Guernica, Spain (Astra)
trademark on early pistols.
Fritz Mann of Suhl, Ger-

AS 04S many trademark on pistol.
Spanish Mod. 1921 Pistol
TARRASA Same as Astra 400.
Productos Mendoza _ of
Mexico City, Mexico.
Fabbrica E. Woerther of
Buenos Aijires, Argentina
Gotthilf von Nordheim of gripmark.
mark.
sy Jager
Germany
pistols.
& Co. of Suhl,
trademark on Fab. d’Armes de Guerre
27
Letters in ovals
QUBD
Pietro Beretta of Brescia, Ruby Arms Co. of Elgoi-
Italy trademark. bar, Spain gripmark on
pistols.
J.P. Sauer & Sohn of

Suhl, Germany gripmark
on pistols.
Zbrojovka Praga of Prague,

Czechoslovakia trademark
on pistols.
Sauer & Sohn, V.C. Schill-

ing, and C.G. Haenel of
Suhl, Germany trademark
on ordnance revolvers.
Posumavska Zbrojovka
Kdyne of Czechoslovakia.
Soc. Espanola de Armas y

Municiones, Eibar, Spain
gripmark.

bar, Spain gripmark on
Schweitzer Industrie
Ruby Arms Co. pistols.
Gesellschaft of Switzer-
land trademark.

Raby enlea) bar, Spain trademark on
Stenda Werke Waffenfabrik
revolver.
of Suhl, Germany trade-
mark on pistols.
0290,
NY: Gabilondo y Urresti of

(ol @l®) pistol. South African proof mark.
28
Letters in ovals
Esperanza y Unceta of Verney-Carron of St.

Guernica, Spain trademark Etienne, France gripmark
on Union pistol. on pistols made for them
by M. Seytres.
Vincenzo Bernardelli of
Brescia, Italy trademark.
Hijos de A. Echeverria of
pistols.
V. Bernardelli of Brescia,
Italy trademark.
V. Charles Schilling &

C.G. Haenel of Suhl, Ger- Webley and Scott, Ltd.
many trademark on ord-
nance revolvers.
We bley of Birmingham, England
gripmark.
29
Letters in diamonds
wD
Mre. d’Armes des Pyrenees Fritz Langenhan of Zella-
4B) of Hendaye, France grip-

mark on pistols.
on Model III pistol.
Russian
powder
provisional
proof
black-
(Izhevsk).
DP Fritz Langenhan of Zella-
on Model! II pistol.
Howa Machinery, Ltd. of

Tokyo, Japan trademark.
e F. Dusek of Opocno,
Czechoslovakia trademark.
|
mark.
Darlick Corporation of
Hamden, Conn. _ trade-
mark.
American Import Co. of

San Francisco, Calif. trade-
mark. D Austro-Hungarian and
Hungarian 2nd proof for
Budapest 1891-1928.
Letters in triangles
Christopher Funk of Suhl, Russian Tula proof mark.

Germany trademark.
Fabryka Bronn Radom. of Sweden — cold-bored steel

Radom, Poland gripmark barrel mark.
on ‘‘Radom” pistol.
Fabryka Bronn Radom of

L. Ancion-Marx of Liege, Radom, Poland gripmark
Belgium trademark on re- on “Radom” pistol.
volvers.
East German “‘good quali-

Russian Tula proof mark. ty” mark.
Hungarian second proof

East German “‘special for unfinished barrels
quality” mark. 1929-71.
Sharps Arms Co. of Salt

Lake
mark.
City, Utah trade-
€bB
g422
East German
quality” mark.
“utility
31
Letters in rectangles
French proof on foreign Czechoslovakian proof

Comers mark on gas guns from
made arms (Paris).
1962.
Etablissments Darne of St.

French proof on foreign Etienne, France trademark
[age ETRANGERE
made arms (St. Etienne).
at
on shotguns.
Deutsche Waffen u. Muni-

tions fabriken of Berlin,
Germany trademark.
AVDAX of Hendaye, France grip-
mark.
Fabrica de Material de
Guerre of Santiago, Chile
gripmark on pistols.
Anciens Etablissments
NG WSN IRD) WK Pieper of Herstal, Belgium,
o Henrion, Dassy & Heus-

aL ae chen of Liege, Belgium.
re
Theodor Bergmann of
Gaggenau, Germany trade-
mark.
Theodor Kommer, Zella-
on Model II pistol.
32
Czechoslovakian
mark on gas guns
62.
proof
1955-
pal Puccinelli Company of San
Anselmo, Calif. trademark
on shotguns.
Letters in rectangles
Retolaza Hermanos of Reck Sportwaffenfabrik of

Eibar, Spain gripmark on West Germany, trademark.
pistols.
Mre. d’Armes LePage of

Liege, Belgium gripmark.
Azanza y Arrizabalaga of
Eibar, Spain gripmark.
Akt. Gesellschaft Lignose

of Berlin, Germany trade-
mark on pistol.
Sheridan Products, Inc.

of Racine, Wisc. gripmark.
gges
French mark _ indicating
NORMAL | standard dimensions (St.
Etienne). Sabatti & Tanfoglid of
Brescia, Italy trademark.
Waffenfabriken Simson &

Perla gripmark on pistols Co. of Suhl, Germany
made in Czechoslovakia. gripmark on pistol.
ALND
West German admission to Stenda Werke Waffenfabrik
proof for long guns and of Suhl, Germany trade-
barrel inserts. mark.
33
Letters in various borders
Oesterreichische Waffen- Oesterreichische Werke

STEYR fabriks Ges of Steyr, Aus- Anstalt of Vienna, Austria
tria gripmark. gripmark.
e
O Franz Stock of Berlin,
Germany gripmark on pis-
tols.
of Hendaye, France trade-
mark on pistols.

UNIQUE of Hendaye, France trade-
mark.
Waffenfabrik Mauser of
Oberndorf, Germany trade-
mark.
2
ZOLI
A. Zoli of Brescia,
trademark.
Italy
“ao
Dp W M Deutsche Waffen u. Muni-
OU LL tionsfabriken trademark.
Triple-S Development Co.,
SIL Inc. of Wickliffe, Ohio
trademark on rifles.
Oesterreichische Werke
Anstalt of Vienna, Austria Ernesto Breda of Milan,
trademark. Italy trademark.
Fab. Nationale d’Armes de

Guerre of Herstal, Belgium (MAELAN} Israeli
export.
mark on arms for
gripmark on Baby Brown-

ing pistol.
8§a
Orbea Hermanos of Eibar,
Spain gripmark on Orbea
Astra-Unceta y Cia. of
VU Guernica, Spain gripmark.
.25 pistol.
HMEISSER
C. G. Haenel of Suhl,
Germany trademark.
Astra-Unceta y Cia of
Guernica, Spain gripmark.
A. Vilimec of Kdyne,
Czechoslovakia gripmark.
FJ Kirikale Tufek Fb. of

Kirikale, Turkey gripmark.
Albin Wahl, Zella-Mehlis,

Germany, gripmark on
Stern pistol.
weas |
Israeli mark on arms for
export.
Western Arms Corporation
of Los Angeles, Calif. grip-
mark (later Winfield Arms
!
Corp.).
Pietro Beretta of Brescia,

Italy. Israeli proof on small
arms.
Mre. d’Armes Automa-

MAB tiques Bayone,
France
Israeli current proof mark.
35
Tomas de Urizar y Cia of Garate, Anitua y Cia. of

Eibar, Spain trademark. Eibar, Spain gripmark on
pistols.
Hijos de Calixto Arriza-

balaga of Eibar, Spain
J. Bertrand of Liege, Bel- trademark on pistol.
gium trademark.
Mre. d’Armes des Pyrenees R. S. Industria Obrera

of Hendaye, France trade- Armera of Ejibar, Spain
mark. trademark on pistol.
Gaztenaga, Trocaola y
Ibarzabal of Eibar, Spain
trademark.
Robar et Cie of Liege,
Belgium gripmark = on
Melior M1920.
Echave y Arizmendi of
Vite Model 1913.
Martin A. Bascaran, Eibar,
Spain gripmark on pistol.
Carl Walther of Ulm/

Donau, West Germany Tomas de Urizar y Cia of
trademark. Eibar, Spain gripmark.
36
SR EonviEntaL7 Tomas de Urizar y Cia

GO et go, ET, of Eibar, Spain gripmark.
Arizmendi y Goenaga of
pistols.
Arizmendi y Goenaga,
pistols. Francisco Arizmendi of
ZYDEAL / Eibar, Spain trademark
on pistols.
— Bestegui Hermanos trade-

mark on .32 pistols made
L :BIA for Fab. d’Armes de
Grande Precision of Eibar,
Spain, ca. 1920.
Forehand & Wadsworth of
Worcester, Mass. gripmark
on revolvers.
Martin A. Bascaran of
pistols.
oN Francisco Arizmendi
Eibar, Spain gripmark.
of
2 Otis A. Smith
Falls, Conn.
on revolvers.
of Rock
gripmark
SSS
S TAR Bonifacio Echeverria of

Eibar, Spain trademark. ~~) Turner & Ross of Boston,
ers.
37
J. G. Anschutz of Ulm, West German mark on

ri West Germany trademark. guns that fire ammunition
that develop less than
5.5 ft. Ib. of energy.
Spanish voluntary smoke-

less shotgun proof 1929-
31.
G. C. Dornheim of Suhl,
Germany trademark.
Bernhard Paatz of Zella-

fs) Mehlis, Germany _ trade-
mark on rifles.
Gevelot S. A. of Paris,
[> France trademark on
rifles.
Charles Ph. Clement of

Liege, Belgium on M1903
pistol.
Russian final smokeless

proof.
Apaolozo Hermanos of [H\

Oy, 6.35 Zumorraga, Spain grip-
mark.
een
Spanish re-enforced smoke- . C. G. Haenel Waffenfabrik
1929- G.
C. Haene)
less shotgun proof of Suhi, Germany trade-
31. Suh mark on pistols.
in various borders
Iver Johnson of Fitchburg, Mikroku Firearms Mfg.

Mass. trademark on shot- Co. Ltd. of Kochi, Japan
guns. Trademark on_ shotguns.
Marlin Arms Co. trade-

mark on buttplates, ca.
1900.
mark.
Liteon
Weiner Waffenfabrik,
Vienna, Austria gripmark
Rivolier Pere et Fils of
on “Little Tom” pistols.
St. Etienne, France trade-
mark.
Lasagabaster Hermanos of
Douglas pistol.
Marlin
New
Firearms
Haven,
Co.
Conn.
of
grip-
@ J. Stevens Arms & Tool
Co. trademark on butt-
mark on revolvers. plates.
39
Tula Weapons Factory, Russian final black-powder

Tula, Russia gripmark on proof (Izhevsk).
“"Toz”’ pistol.
Valtion Kivaari Tehdas of

Tourola-Jyvaskyla, Fin-
land gripmark on Lahti
pistols.
40
Letters without borders
pLKAa
S. A. Alkartasuna of Guer- Ithaca Gun Co. of Ithaca,
nica, Spain trademark on N.Y. trademark on butt-
pistols. plates.
»MCA REGiSoa
LA Distributors of New
by RF
York City trademark.
B.R.F. trademark on .25
cal. South African pistols.
Fritz Mann of Suhl, Ger-

GESKOSLOVENSKA Zbrojovka Brno of Brno,
many trademark on pistols.
ZBROJOVKA Czechoslovakia on Mauser

rifle.
=BRNO=
Konout & Spol. of Kdyne,

Spanish voluntary proof Czechoslovakia gripmark
for shotguns 1923-25. on Mars .25 pistol.
4 Firearms Import & Export

of Miami, Fla. gripmark on
pistols.
Robar et DeKerkhove of
on Melior Old Model.
“> O. F. Mossberg & Sons,

Iver Johnson of Fitchburg, Inc. of New Haven, Conn.
axffossherg trademark on rifles and
ers. shotguns.
4]
Letters without borders
Soc. Francaise de Metall- Rohm Gesellschaft of Son-

urgie et de Mecanique of theim/Brenz, West Ger-
Paris, France trademark many gtipmark on hand-
on shotguns. guns.
Noble Mfg. Co. of Hayden-

N@BLE ville, Mass. trademark.
Theodor Bergmann of
mark on pistols.
Phoenix Arms Co. of

Lowell, Mass. trademark
on pistols.
Franz Stock trademark on
.32 pistols.
Zbrojovka Praga, Prague,

Czechoslovakia, gripmark
Russian choke indication -
on pistol.
LUA cylinder.
ta Austrian superior smoke-

less proof 1929-40. Venus Waffenwerk, Zella-
Mehlis, Germany, trade-
mark on pistols.
4OK
RG Industries of Miami , Russian choke indication -
Fla. trademark. full.
42
Numbers without borders
Swiss rejection mark. Israeli definitive proof.
Russian mark on shotguns German gripmark signify-

5BYM meaning ‘‘paper shotshells ing pistols chambered for
only.” 9mm Parabellum.
TI- U0) K Russian choke indication - Swiss rejection mark.

modified.
43
Anchors
French Naval Acceptance Gregorio Bolumburu of

Mark. Eibar, Spain gripmark on
Marina pistol.
Maisuru. Arsenal, Japan

mark on handguns.
Hood Firearms Co. of Nor-
wich, Conn. trademark on
Victoria revolvers.
German Weimar naval ac-

ceptance mark.
French Naval Acceptance

Mark.
Kure Arsenal, Japan mark-

ing on handguns.
Portuguese Naval Accep-

tance Mark.
Navy Arms trademark.
Liege, Belgium trademark.
Regia Marina — Italian
navy acceptance mark.
H. Krieghoff of Suhl, Ger-

Portuguese naval accep- many trademark on Luger
tance mark. pistols.
44
Arrows
Portuguese naval crest. Toyokawa Arsenal, Japan

mark on handguns.
Sasebo Arsenal, Japan Yokosuka Arsenal, Japan

mark on handguns. mark on handguns.
Arrows
English military
tance mark.
accep-
x French special mark for

arms ready for delivery
when
Etienne).
proofed (St.
West German proof, Kiel. Russian Izhevsk proof

<{—__ x mark.
French special mark for

arms ready for delivery Russian Izhevsk proof
when proofed (Paris). mark.
45
Arrows
P. Beretta of Brescia, Italy English military mark

gripmark on pistols. meaning equipment is ob-
solete.
OxX>
Pietro Beretta of Brescia,

=) Italy trademark. Czechoslovakian mark on
CRE, foreign made firearms.
Ab Pietro Beretta of Brescia,

BERETTA ) Italy.
Czechoslovakian mark on
stud drivers.
P. Beretta of Brescia, Italy

BERETTA trademark. WIEPERT
Czechoslovakian mark on
foreign made firearms.
oss Czechoslovakian mark.
Fab d’Armes Jannsen et

GRO Fils of Liege, Belgium Antonio Zoli trademark
trademark. on buttplates.
Bombs
Spanish definitive proof

(") Spanish final _ revolver
on rifles 1929-31. proof.
BzBezSe
KS
Belgian proof mark on
guns of foreign make since
U. S. military acceptance 1924.
mark,
OC
On.
Soc. Espanola de Armas y
Municiones of Eibar, Spain,

on foreign arms.
Spanish definitive black-

powder proof for breech-
loading rifled arms 1923-
253
Co
&s w>
>
powder proof for double
Spanish final pistol proof barreled rifled breech-
mark. loaders 1923-25.
47
Crosses
Swiss military acceptance + Swiss government ord:

@ mark. nance acceptance mark.
Swiss Government Accep-

tance Mark.
eA
Swiss military acceptance
mark.
Hammerli of Lenzburg, +. Swiss military acceptance

Switzerland trademark. Vi mark.
48
Bullets and Guns
Arizmendi y Goenaga of Russian military accep-

Spain gripmark on Teuf- tance mark.
Teuf pistols.
at
Albrecht Kind of Berlin-
Mre. d’Armes Le Page Nurnberg, Germany trade-
of Liege, Belgium trademark.
mark.
Connecticut Valley Arms,

Inc. of Haddam, Conn.
trademark.
H. Krieghoff of Ulm, West
Germany trademark.
Dakin Gun Co. trademark.
High Standard Sporting

Firearms of Hamden,
Conn. Trademark.
Webley & Scott of Bir- Fabrique Nationale of

mingham, England trade- Herstal, Belgium gripmark
mark. on M1900 pistol.
49
Bullets and Guns
Greifelt & Co. of Suhl, Theodor Bergmann of

Germany trademark on Suhl, Germany trademark
sporting arms. on pistols.
Jose Cruz Mugica of Eibar,

Spain trademark. Webley & Scott of Bir-
mark.
Pretoria Arms Factory of

South Africa. Webley & Scott of Bir-
mark.
W&S
ecHWARZLoge
A. W. Schwarzlose of
Berlin, Germany trade- Spanish definitive proof
mark.
on single barrel black-
powder shotguns 1923-25.

S-M Corp. of Alexandria, powder proof on shotguns
Va. trademark on pistol. 1929-31.
50
Crowns
Danish barrel proof after Auguste Francotte of

( 1933. Liege, Belgium trademark.
Sweden Husqvarna barrel-

(Zi 2s) mark.
ner

for blackpowder breech-
loading shotguns _ since
1910.
German pistol and revolv-

er proof, ca. 1891.
gy Italian provisional proof
for unfinished arms 1930-
ety wy 51.
SURO
Azanza y Arrizabalaga of Arizmendi y Goenaga of

Eibar, Spain trademark on Eibar, Spain trademark on
pistols. pistols.
51
Crowns
French smokeless proof on English definitive black-

Sy center-fire rifles (Paris). powder proof (Birming-
ham).
Ly ST ETIENNE
(By R French smokeless proof on English smokeless proof
rifles (St. Etienne).
(Birmingham) on rifles of
foreign make since 1925.
Berasaluze Areitio Aurtena

y Cia. of Eibar, Spain English definitive black-
gripmark on Allies pistol. powder proof (Birming-
ham) on foreign arms since
1925.
German proof using

Mauser M-71 powder, ca.
English definitive black-
1891. powder proof (Birming-
ham).
Belgian army ownership

English blackpowder _in-
mark.
spection mark (Birming-
ham) on foreign arms since
1925.
English definitive proof English inspection mark

(London) since 1925. (Birmingham).
Crowns
Spanish final smokeless Carl Gustaf trademark and

proof mark on shotguns. proof on rifles.
BV
Cig Danish barrel proof after

D kK 1933.
Esperanza y Unceta, Guer-

nica, Spain gripmark on
Campo Giro pistols.
German Danzig Arsenal

Mark.
DANZIG Auguste’ Lebeau-Courally
sey
of Liege, Belgium trade-
mark.
German express rifle proof

1891-1939.
Portuguese military mark
on Mauser-Vergueiro rifles.
Beistegui Hermanos of
Eibar, Spain trademark on Crown City Arms of Cort-
Libia pistols. land, N.Y. trademark.

powder proof (Birming-
ham) from 1813 to 1904. Egyptian Coat of Arms.
53
Crowns
English definitive proof Husqvarna of Sweden

(London) since 1925. trademark.

powder proof (London)
since 1637. Danish armory mark of
Haerens Vaabenarsenalet.
India proof mark 1907-50.
Roumanian mark of King

Michael ! on military arms.
Husqvarna factory mark

on rifles.
SWEDEN
Dutch government owner-

ship mark.
Sweden nitro proof.
Husqvarna Vapenfabriks
Aktiebolag of Husqvarna, Austro-Hungarian and
Sweden gripmark = on Hungarian proof mark
“Lahti’’ pistol. 1891-1928.
54
Crowns
Belgian double provisional Spanish blackpowder

proof. proof on shotguns, final
for muzzie-loaders, and
second for breechloaders.
Belgian triple provisional

proof. French blackpowder de-
finitive proof (St. Etienne).
Belgian proof mark for Spanish voluntary proof

definitive proof from mark 1929-31.
1893.
a
FE
Spanish dimensional in-
Royal Arms Factory of spection mark since 1931.
Enfield, England trade-
mark on revolver.
ERFURT
German Erfurt Arsenal
WD Italian final proof 1923-51.
FINITO
mark.
Asvike
w
Antonio Errasti of Eibar,
Spain trademark. G German
1939.
rifle proof 1891-
55
Crowns
English definitive proof East German nitro proof

(London 1868-1925). mark.
e Nitro
Portuguese army crest.
German nitro proof 1912-
39.
Manufacture Liegeoise French proof on weapons

d’Armes a Feu of Liege, synAl STETIENNE completed but unassem-
Belgium trademark. bled (St. Etienne).
Spanish final blackpowder

Manufacture Liegeoise proof on shotguns with
d’Armes a Feu of Liege, at least two cocking lugs.
Belgium trademark.
English smokeless proof

Mre. Liegeoise d’Armes a (Birmingham) on rifles of
Feu of Liege, Belgium foreign make since 1925.
trademark.

Belgian inspector’s mark mark (Birmingham) since
until 1877. 1904.
Crowns
French smokeless proof of Spanish definitive black-

1896 (St. Etienne). powder proof, ca. 1910.
French smokeless proof of German repair proof 1891-

1898 (St. Etienne). 1939.
Italian first blackpowder

proof 1923-51. Belgian smokeless proof
mark.
Spanish provisional black-

powder proof for shot-
guns, ca. 1910.
English reproof mark
(Birmingham).
Italian smokeless pre-

liminary proof 1923-51. English reproof mark
(London).
French smokeless proof of

1900 (St. Etienne). East German repair proof.
57
Crowns
Renkin et Fils of Liege, Salvador Arostegui of

Belgium trademark. Eibar, Spain.
Gregorio Bolumburv of
Regina pistol.
Spanish optional smoke-

less proof on shotguns.
WY 2) zB
English provisional black-

powder proof (Birming- English voluntary special
ham) since 1856. blackpowder proof (Bir-
mingham).
French blackpowder su- Austro-Hungarian and

perior definitive proof (St. Hungarian viewing proof
Etienne). mark for Budapest 1891-
1928.
German shotgun proof

1891-1939.
German Spandau Arsenal
mark.
SPANDAU
Danish proof on Sjogren French handgun proof (St.

shotguns, ca. 1906. Vey ETIENNE Etienne).
Crowns
French blackpowder dou-

t .
sk5) A) ST. ETIENNE German voluntary proof
<8
° ’ ble proof (St. Etienne). on guns made before 1891.
&
French blackpowder ordi-
=] ST. ETIENNE
nary proof (St. Etienne).
English inspection mark
V
(London) since 1670.
@
a
Eibar, Spain gripmark on English inspection mark
Stosel pistols. (Birmingham) 1813-1904.
Ee
VW
English inspection mark
German 1891 proof for (London) since 1925.
grooved & choked barrels.
East German inspection

wy Danish arsenal mark of
VA
mark. Haerens Vaabenarsenalet.
German definitive proof wy Danish arsenal mark of
VAR
1891-1939. Haerens Vaabenarsenalet.
59
Crowns
English definitive proof ey Danish function proof.

(Birmingham) 1868-1925.
61
San Martin y Cia. of

Elgoibar, Spain gripmark
on pistols.
Zulaica y Cia., Eibar,

Spain gripmark on Royal
German choked barrel pistols.
proof 1891-1939.
East German choked

barrel mark.
Dutch military mark on Iranian Acceptance Mark

rifles. on rifles.
60
Stars
Czechoslovakian mark for Spanish provisional black-

Weipert 1931-39, and powder shotgun proof
Brno 1946-52. of 1910.
Thailand police acceptance

mark.
Italian provisional proof
on unfinished barrels since
1951.
J. M. Marlin of New
Haven, Conn. gripmark on
revolvers.
Belgian inspector’s mark.
Czechoslovakian proof
used 1919-31 (Prague).
REN
ASTRR Astra - Unceta
trademark.
y Cia.
BY
Chinese gripmark on
Tokarev Pistols.
Belgian inspector’s mark.
**Bo
2
so
Tula Arsenal, Russia mark
on Nagent revolver.
Tula Arsenal, Russia grip-
mark on Tokarev pistols.
61
Stars
Yugoslavian Tokareu Pistol

gripmark for guns made at
Kragusevac. xo French smokeless proof
PM mark of 1898 (Paris).
Italian first blackpowder

proof since 1951.
Italian final proof since
an,= = aD
1951.
PN
Hawes Firearms Co. of Los

Angeles, Calif. trademark.
Italian smokeless proof

since 1951.
Belgian inspector’s mark. Bonifacio Echeverria of

WE Eibar, Spain trademark.
French smokeless proof
PT
mark of 1896 (Paris).
French smokeless proof
mark of 1900 (Paris).
Transportation and Buildings
Bonifacio Echeverria of
oT4n
Bonafacio Echeverria,
Eibar, Spain gripmark on Eibar, Spain trademark on
Star pistols. Star pistols.
Transportation and Buildings
ai?”
Webley & Scott of Bir-
Bartra y Azpiri of Spain mingham, England trade-
trademark on pistols. mark.
Ojanguren y Vidosa of
Eibar, Spain trademark
on pistol.
Arana y Cia of Eibar,

Spain trademark on re- Isidro Gaztanaga of Eibar,
1 E L Cc A N O e volver. Spain trademark.
63
Various Inanimate Objects
Sire Ithaca Gun Co. of Ithaca, Thayer, Robertson & Cary

N.Y. proof mark. of Norwich, Conn. grip-
mark on revolver.
Henrion, Dassy & Heus- Russian proof mark, Tula,

chen of Liege, Belgium. pre-1917.
Henrion, Dassy & Heus- Russian proof mark, Tula,

chen of Liege, Belgium. pre-1917.
Spanish Guardia Civil Ac-

ceptance Mark.
Thames Arms Co., Nor-
wich, Conn., gripmark on
revolvers.
Belgian inspector’s mark

for final proof since 1852.
OO India proof mark 1907-50.
PE Spanish final blackpowder

proof on underlever shot- India provisional proof
guns, 1910-29 (Eibar) since 1957.
Geometric Designs
OS@
Gerstenberger u. Eberwein Nagoya Arsenal, Japan
of Gussenstadt, West Ger- 1941-43 on Nambu
many gripmark on revolv- pistols.
ers.
Harrington & Richardson Nagoya Arsenal, Japan

of Gardner, Mass. grip- 1941-43.
mark on revolvers.
Stoeger Industries of Japanese Mukden Arsenal,

South Hackensack, N. J. Manchuria mark on rifles.
trademark.
@®®
eS
© Japanese Kokura
mark 1928-35.
Arsenal
Toriimatsu.
Nagoya
mark.
Factory
Arsenal,
of
Japan

powder proof on_ shot-
Japanese Nagoya Arsenal
guns 1929-31.
mark 1927-32.
Nagoya Arsenal, Japan

1935-41 on Nambu
mark on blackpowder dou-
pistols.
ble shotguns 1923-25.
oo. wW
Ore Q Nagoya Arsenal, Japan Sweden definitive proof
1943-45. on Carl Gustav rifles.
65
Geometric Designs
Tula Weapons Factory, Russian trademark on

Tula, Russia, Commercial Makarov pistols.
mark on Korovin pistols.
Meriden Firearms Co. of

Conn. gripmark on revolv-
Russian Tula proof mark. ers.
Maltby-Henley Co. of New

York City gripmark on re-
volvers.
Finland proof mark before
1966.
Industria Armi Galesi of

Portuguese military accep- Brescia, Italy gripmark on
tance mark. Model 9 pistol.
Steyr Daimler - Puch of Finland proof mark since

Steyr, Austria trademark. 1966.
Carl Walther Waffenfabrik, Merwin, Hulbert & Co. of

Ulm, West Germany grip- N.Y.C. gripmark on re-
mark on Mod TP pistol. volvers.
66
Geometric Designs
Henry M. Kolb of Phila- Retolaza Hermanos of

delphia, Pa. gripmark. Eibar, Spain gripmark on
‘“Nelobrom” revolver.
Harrington & Richardson

of Worcester, Mass. grip- Francisco Arizmendi of
mark on revolver. Eibar, Spain trademark on
handguns.
J. C. Higgins (Sears, Roe-

buck) gripmark.
Spanish blackpowder pro-

visional proof on_ shot-
guns since 1910.
Merwin, Hulbert & Co. of

N.Y.C. gripmark on _ re-
volvers. Simson & Co. of Suhl,
pistols.
Marlin Firearms Co. of Harrington & Richardson

New Haven, Conn. grip- of Gardner, Mass. grip-
mark on revolvers. mark on revolvers.
67
Geometric Designs
(G) war
Kirikale Tufek Fb. of Swiss rejection mark.
Kirikale, Turkey gripmark.
Finland examiner’s mark.
Alois Tomiska of Pilsen,

Czechoslovakia gripmark
on Fox pistol.
IN) Finland examiner's mark.
i
Hopkins & Allen of Nor-
wich, Conn. gripmark on
revolvers.
an 5 Mre. de Machines du Haut
SE Rhin of Mulhouse-Bourtz-
willer, France trademark.
Lithuanian Coat of Arms. Taian Ba

MARCA REGISTRADA
_— Tallares Armas _ Livianas
Argentinas of Punta Alta,
Argentina.
SE
AY Russian
mark.
Izhevsk proof
Ly Finland tenacity test mark.
68
Geometric Designs
Siamese crest. Austro-Hungarian and

Hungarian 1st proof for
Budapest 1891-1928.
French preliminary black-

powder proof (Paris).
Gaspar Arizaga of Eibar,
Spain cartridge indicator
on Pinkerton .25 pistol
grip.
A 970
OOO
(Ade
CSRS
Swiss rejection mark.
Hungarian provisional
proof for unfinished
barrels 1929-71.
C Hungarian
voluntary
1971.
provisional and
proof — since
69
B ir ds
German proof for Flobert German voluntary proof

rifles 1939-45. 1939-45.
Miroku Firearms Mfg.

Co. Ltd. of Kochi, Japan
trademark on shotguns.
West German voluntary

proof.
Polish mark on Radom

pistols.
Fabryka Bronn Radom of

Radom, Poland trademark
on rifles.
East German definitive

proof.
West German flobert rifle

proof.
German army acceptance
mark.
West German proof,

Cologne.
German Nazi police pro-

curement mark. West German repair proof.
Birds
German re-proof mark German definitive nitro

1939-45. proof 1939-45.
German Nazi police pro-

curement mark.
L West German
nitro proof.
definitive
German Nazi naval accep-

tance mark. German definitive black-
powder proof 1939-45.
German Weimar naval ac- West German definitive

ceptance mark. blackpowder proof.
West German provisional Austro-Hungarian Prague

proof. proof mark used 1891-99.
4
German
powder
provisional black-
proof 1939-45.
ws
| \ German Waffen Amt mili-
tary acceptance mark.
a
Birds
German
(NSKK)
Nazi
on
party mark
Walther
US U.S. Arms Corp. of River-
head, N.Y. trademark.
pistols.
— German Nazi _ military

Hime Francisco Arizmendi of
pistols.
Francisco Arizmendi of
Eibar, Spain on “’Singer’’
pistol.
Hopkins & Allen trade-

mark.
z German Luftwaffe Mark.
High Standard Mfg. Co. of

New Haven, Conn. trade-
mark.
iver Johnson of Fitchburg,

ers.
Tiroler Maschinenbau u.
Hoizindustrie of Kufstein,
Tirol, Austria trademark.
Golden Eagle Firearms Apaoloza Hermanos of

(Nikko) trademark on Zumoraaga, Spain trade-
shotguns. mark.
72
Birds
Alder Waffenwerke of Fab. d’Armes Jannsen et

Zella St. Blasil, Germany Fils of Liege, Belgium
trademark on pistol. trademark.
Republic of China pro-

visional proof on police
pistols since 1964. Ithaca Gun Co. trade-
mark on buttplates.
U. S. Springfield Armory
inspector’s mark on
M1911 pistols.
Gaspar Arizaga of Eibar,

Spain trademark on pistols.
Gebruder Merkel of Suhl,

rifles and shotguns.
Spesco of Atlanta, Ga.
Mre. Liegeoise d’Armes a

Feu of Liege, Belgium
Sturm, Ruger & Co. of
trademark.
Southport, Conn. trade-
mark on pistols and revolv-
ers.
Fab d’Armes Jannsen et Sturm, Ruger & Co. of

Fils of Liege, Belgium Southport, Conn. trade-
trademark. mark.
73
Hearts
Stoeger Arms Corp. of Iver Johnson gripmark on

N.Y. trademark. revolvers.
Gabilondo y Cia. gripmark

on Plus Ultra pistol.

Mass. trademark.
|
ae
Y
Austrian viewing proof
mark. 1 signifies Ferlach,
2 is Prague, 3 is Weipert,
and 4 is Vienna.
Hearts
East India Company (En- 4 East India Company (En-
aN
glish) proof mark. ve glish) proof mark.
Lions
Relay Products (Pty.) Ltd. Dansk Industri Syndikat,

by? of Johannesburg, South Companie Madsen of Cop-
Africa’ trademark on enhagen, Denmark, trade-
Mamba pistols. mark on machine guns.

on Hendaye, France trade-
Harrington & Richardson mark on pistols.
of Worcester, Mass. trade-
mark.
Finland definitive smoke-

Czechoslovakian proof for less proof mark.
Prague since 1931.
Finland definitive smoke-

less proof.
West German proof, Berlin.
Spanish definitive proof Eibar, Spain gripmark.
on handguns 1923-29.
Belgian mark on guns sent

from Liege to be proofed Lee E. Jurras of Shelby-
at a foreign proof house. ville, Indiana trademark.
75
Lions
Italian provisional proof Aguirre y Aranzabal of

mark 1923-51 (Brescia). Eibar, Spain trademark on
shotguns and rifles.
India definitive black-

Industria Armi Galesi of powder proof since 1957.
Brescia, Italy gripmark on
pistols.
English provisional proof

since about 1868 (London).
Czechoslovakian 5th proof
since 1931.
Czechoslovakian mark for

Brno 1946-52. English provisional proof
on foreign arms since 1925
(London).
Belgian voluntary proof

Czechoslovakian proof mark for smokeless
used 1919-31 (Weipert). powder since 1891.
Lions
Echave y Arizmendi of a) India definitive nitro proof

Eibar, Spain trademark. %\ since 1957.
is
NP
Belgian proof mark on

Harrington & Richardson rifled barrels since 1924.
of Gardner, Mass. trade-
mark.
\oSCy,
3)
Caste
BRESCIA
Castelli of
vice. Revolvers.
Brescia,
trademark on Italian
Italy
Ser-
India
1950.
proof mark since
1914
L.E.S. of Slokie, Ill. trade- India re-proof mark since

mark on pistols. 1957.
English voluntary proof

(London for blackpowder). India special definitive
proof since 1957.

(London) on rifles of English final proof mark
foreign make since 1925. used 1868-1925 (London).
ie
Hopkins & Allen of Nor- Burgess Gun Co. trade-
wich, Conn. gripmark on mark found on _butt-
revolvers. plates.

Mass. gripmark on revolv- Parker Bros. of Meriden,
ers. Conn. trademark on butt-
plates.

Mass. gripmark on Bull- Parker Bros. of Meriden,
dog revolvers. Conn. trademark on butt-
plates.
Forehand & Wadsworth of L. C. Smith Gun Co. of

Worcester, Mass. trade- Syracuse, N.Y. trademark
mark on revolvers. on buttplates.
78
Horses
Colt Pt. F. A. Co. of Ernesto Breda of Milan,

Hartford, Conn. gripmark Italy trademark.
on revolvers.
GOL,
Colt’s Pt. F. A. Mfg. Co.
Colt Pt. F. A. Co. of uf Hartford, Conn. trade-
Hartford, Conn. trademark.
mark.
Hebsacher Gesellschaft of
Retolaza Hermanos of West Germany trademark
Eibar, Spain gripmark on used on pistols made in
Stosel pistol. Budapest, Hungary.
Marlin Firearms Co. of

New Haven, Conn. trade-
Colt Pt. F. A. Co. of mark.
Hartford, Conn. gripmark
on pistols.
Armalite, Inc. of Costa Zulaica y Cia of Eibar,

Mesa, Calif. trademark. Spain gripmark on pistols.
ff)
Bears
@ Kodiak trademark on rifles. E®D

pay
(
Reising Mfg. Corp. of New
York
pistols.
City gripmark on
FIALA ARMS
Fiala Arms & Eqpt. Co.
of New Haven, Conn.
TRADE MARK
Insects
ses Fab. d’Armes Jannsen et onen Triple-S Development Co.,

Fils of Liege, Belgium RHO) Wickliffe, Ohio trademark
trademark. STIN GE on rifles.
80
Liege United Arms Co. of Julien Doyen Fab.
Liege, Belgium trademark d’Armes of Herstal, Bel-
on revolver. gium trademark on shot-
guns.
West German mark of the

Ulm proof house.
Browning Arms Coe of

BROWNING Morgan, Utah trademark,
Etab. Radarm Fabrique
mM arque Déposée d’Armes of Liege, Belgium
trademark on _ shotguns.
y
aay G. C. Dornheim of Suhl,
Sim ‘A Germany.
GECADO
Cody Mfg. Co. of Spring- Gabilondo y Cia. of Elgoi-

field, Mass. trademark on bar, Spain gripmark on
Thunderbird pistols. Buffalo pistol.
Gy Rocky Mountain Arms Sharps Arms Co. of Salt

Corp. of Salt Lake City, Lake City, Utah trade-
Utah trademark. mark.
81
Various Animals
Garate, Anitua y Cia., of Gwinn Arms Corp. of

Eibar, Spain gripmark on Winston-Salem, N.C. trade-
Cesar and Secours pistols. mark.
Mt Tiroler Waffenfabrik Peter-

SEIT 1854 longo of Innsbruck, Austria
trademark.
Garate, Anitua y Cia of

“‘La Lira’ pistols.
R c Mayor
Switzerland
of Geneva,
trademark on
pistols.
Victor Sarasqueta of Spain
trademark on_ shotguns.
Ly
Garate, Anitua y Cia of Echave y Arizmendi of
Eibar, Spain trademark on Eibar, Spain trademark on
“Express”’ pistol.
€
pistols.
82
Humans
Hopkins and Allen of Nor- J.P. Sauer u. Sohn of

wich, Conn. trademark on Suhl, Germany gripmark.
revolvers.
Frommer of Budapest,
Hungary trademark on
Liliput pistol.
Friederich Pickert of Zella-
mark.
Schutzmerke
Savage Arms Corp. of
Westfield, Mass. trade-
mark.
i\ Classic Arms Ltd. of

Palmer, Mass. trademark.
J. P. Sauer & Sohn of West

Germany trademark.
J. P. Sauer & Sohn of West

Germany trademark. Gabilondo y Cia of Spain,
trademark on Tauler
pistols.
Soc. Anonyme des Fabri-

Fab. d’Armes Jannsen et ques d’Armes Reunies of
Fils of Liege, Belgium Liege, Belgium gripmark
trademark. on Dictator pistol.
83
Arizmendi y Goenaga on A. Aldazabal of Eibar,
Eibar, Spain trademark on Spain trademark.
pistols.
Pieper of Herstal, Belgium
trademark.
Fabrique d’Armes Unies

de Liege of Belgium, trade-
mark on sporting arms.
Pieper trademark on shot-
guns.
Luigi Franchi of Brescia,

Italy trademark on _ shot-
guns. Larranaga y Elartza of
Jubala pistol.
VEB Fahrzeug u. Jagd-

waffenwerk Ernst Thal-
mann of Suhl, East Ger-
many trademark. Mre. d’Armes Le Page
of Liege, Beligum.
Ojanguren y Vidosa of
Eibar, Spain trademark on Gabilondo y Cia of Elgoi-
pistols. bar, Spain trademark.
Humans
gREVET Tay Manifattura Armi Perazzi Savage Arms Corp. grip-

6) of Brescia, Italy trademark mark on Model 1917
on shotguns. pistol.
tia:
Savage Arms Corp. of
Westfield, Mass. gripmark
on pistols.
Marques Dé posdag Tauler of Madrid, Spain

trademark on pistols made
for them by Gabilondo y
Cia.
C. H. Masquelier of Liege,
Belgium trademark on
shotguns.
Universal Firearms Corp.

of Hialeah, Fla. trademark.
English smokeless proof for

foreign rifles since 1925
(London).

mark on pistols.

mark on pistols.
V. Charles Schilling of
mark on Bergmann pistols.
Webley & Scott of Bir-

Mre. d’Armes des Pyrenees mingham, England trade-
of Hendaye, France. mark.
85
Plants
Gregorio Bolumburu of Albrecht Kind of Berlin-

Eibar, Spain gripmark. Nurnberg, Germany trade-
mark.
Eulogio Arostegui, Eibar,

Spain gripmark on Azul
pistol.
Japanese crest.
Hammerli of Lenzburg,
Switzerland, trademark.
“J. C. Higgins” (Sears,

Roebuck) trademark used
. on High Standard revolver.
Trejo, Zacatlan, Mexico

Fabrique Nationale of
Herstal, Belgium, trade-
mark.
West German Eckernforde

proof house mark since
1952.
tr
Tallares Armas Livians Ar- - Albrecht Kind of Berlin-

gentinas of Punta Alta, ac Nurnberg, Germany trade-
Argentina trademark. 2 mark.
Marke TANRE
Plants
L. Bergeron of St. Etienne, Trejo, Zacatcan, Mexico

France gripmark on Le trademark on pistols.
Steph pistol.
“RES
L. Gasser of Vienna, Aus-

tria trademark on revolvers.
87
Crests
= Portuguese crest.
oO N a o = ° ”n >© x Ae c 1*)pa® n =
a @ Pan fe ¢ So = t) n ee) °= = & s wn@® =

pistols.
Czechoslovakian coat of
arms.
Glisenti gripmark ° i=
Italian service pistols.
Bolivian crest.
Chilean coat of arms. > S D 3° Bo w > fe (= cz)- ® n e
7)
=) o ab
= wo nv a = syS = & = 6 = ® wnve
88
Crests
Ethiopian crest. Swiss police crest.
Argentinian crest
Hungarian crest.
Bulgarian crest.
J. L. Galef & Son of

N.Y.C. trademark.

since 1951 (Brescia).
Persian coat of arms.

(Gardone) 1930-51.
Spanish admission proof

Bulgarian coat of arms. for Eibar since 1931.
89
Crests
West German proof, Spanish definitive proof

Munich.
for military style rifles
1923-25.
Winslow Arms Co. of

Osprey, Fla. trademark
atv Bliss & Goodyear of New on rifles.
Ui) Haven, Conn. gripmark on
revolvers.

on non-automatic rifled
handguns since 1931.
te
G®
€
Yugoslavian crest used by
Mikhailovich.
Spanish admission mark
for Barcelona 1929-31.
E
ie
West German proof at
Russian Izhevsk proof
Eckernforde.
mark.
Armsport, Inc. of Miami, Spanish definitive proof of

Fla. trademark on im- nonautomatic handguns
ported guns. 1923-29.
90
Crests
Austro-Hungarian and French superior definitive

Austrian 2nd proof for blackpowder proof (Paris).
Vienna since 1891.
Harrington & Richardson Spanish admission mark

of Worcester, Mass. grip- (Eibar) 1929-31.
mark on revolver.

since 1951 (Gardone).
Harrington & Richardson
of Gardner, Mass. grip-
mark on revolvers.
Spanish definitive proof of Adolph Frank Export Co.

nonautomatic handguns of Hamburg, Germany
1923-29. trademark.
Czechoslovakian 2nd Adolph Frank Export Co.
proof for Weipert 1891- of Hamburg, Germany
1931. trademark.
i French ordinary definitive

blackpowder proof (Paris).
Hungarian definitive black-
powder proof since 1929.
91
Crests
Spanish optional smoke- Forehand & Wadsworth of

less proof on shotguns Worcester, Mass. gripmark
since 1931. on revolvers.
B.S.A. of Birmingham, En-

gland trademark.
Herter’s Inc. of Waseca,

Minn. trademark.
Congolese marking.
Hijos de Jose Aldazabal of

Eibar, Spain trademark.
Armi Famars trademark

MARQUE DePOSEs
on shotguns.
i East German _ standard

proof.
Spanish La Caruna Arsenal

mark.
Hungarian definitive nitro

proof since 1929. Mexican crest.
Crests
East German definitive Hungarian re-proof mark

smokeless proof. since 1971.
R
ts)
East German repair proof.
Hungarian definitive nitro
proof since 1971.
SN
East German definitive
Norrahammer trademark blackpowder proof.
on rifles.
East German re-enforced

proof.
Paraguayan coat of arms.
Greek coat of arms.

Peruvian crest.
Peruvian crest. Guatemalan crest.
93
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NAMES AND CODES
A ABERCROMBIE & FITCH — Distrib-
utors and importers formerly based
in N.Y.C. In 1978 purchased by
Houston based sporting goods chain
A.A. — Tradename -of Azanza y of Oshman’s, with A. & F. stores to
Arrizabalaga. be located in Beverly Hills, Calif. and
Dallas, Tex.
aaa — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Waffenfabrik Brunn AG, abh — WW-II German ordnance code
Prague, Czechoslovakia. assigned to Koch & Sohne, Franken-
tal-Plomerscheim.
A.A.A. — Abbreviation and trade
name used by A. Aldazabal of Eibar ac — WW-II German ordnance code
Spain. assigned to Carl Walther, Zella-
Mehlis, Germany.
aac — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Mannesman-Rohrenwerke, ACCURATE ACE — Tradename on
Komotau, Germany. derringers imported by Hy Hunter of
Burbank, Calif., ca. 1960.
aaj — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Obenhutten, Vereinigte ACHA, DOMINGO Y CIA. — Manu-
Oberschlesische Huttenwerke AG. facturer of handguns in Ermua,
Spain about 1927-37.
aak — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Waffenwerke Brunn AG, ACIER COMPRIME — Tradename on
Prague, Czechoslovakia, Wrsoviace revolvers from Apaolozo Hermanos.
plant.
ACKLEY, P.O., INC. — Custom rifle
aan — WW-II German ordnance code maker and importer of rifle actions
assigned to Mitteldeutsche Mettal- made for them in Japan, ca. 1969.
warenfabrik, Erich Frank, Glauchau,
Germany. ACME — Tradename on spur trigger
revolvers made by Hopkins & Allen
aar — WW-II German ordnance code and sold by Merwin, Hulbert & Co.,
assigned to Geba-Munitions und ca. 1885.
Waffenfabrik, Breslau, Czechoslovakia.
ACME ARMS — Tradename used by
aaw — WW-II German ordnance code J. Stevens Arms Co., ca. 1880.
assigned to Mettalwarenfabrik Gebr.
Schmidt, Idar-Oberstein, Germany. ACME HAMMERLESS — Tradename
used by Hulbert Bros. on revolvers
abb — WW-II German ordnance code made by Hopkins & Allen, ca. 18938.
assigned to Friedrichsthaler Eisenwerk,
Jennewein & Gapp, Friedrichsthal, ACRA — Tradename used by Reinhart
Germany. Fajen on Santa Barbara rifles, ca.
L970,
abc — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Deutsche Metallwerke, ACTION — Tradename of Modesto
Weinstrabe, Germany. Santos on pistols.
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ad ajn
ad — WW-II German ordnance code A & F — Abbreviation for Abercrombie

assigned to Patronen, Zundhutchen & Fitch.
und Metallwarenfabrik AG (Sellier
& Bellot) afb — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Metabu, Werk Closs,
ADAMS PATENT SMALL ARMS CO. Rauch & Schnitzler, Nurtingen,
— London, England 1864-92. Manu- Germany.
facturer of John Adams designed
firearms. AFRICAN MAGNUM — Tradename
used by Tyrol Sporting Arms Co. of
ADAMY GEBR. — Sporting arms St. Albans, Vt. on imported rifles.
makers in Suhl, Germany, about
1921-39. AFRO — INDIA — Tradename on
double rifles made by Sarasqueta
adc — WW-II German ordnance code for A.F. Stoeger.
assigned to William Prym, Stollberg,
Germany. A.F.S. — Abbreviation for AF.
Stoeger, Importers in New York
ADIRONDACK ARMS CO. — Made City, and now in Hackensack, New
lever action rifles under the Robinson Jersey.
patent in Plattsburg, N.Y. from 1870
until 1874 when they were absorbed afu — WW-II German ordnance code
by Winchester. assigned to August Winkhaus,
Munster, Germany.
ADLER — Tradename of Adlerwaffen-
werke. A. G. — Abbreviation of Armand
Gavage (Fab. d’Armes de Guerre
ADLERWAFFENWERKE — Zella St. Haute Precision Armand Gavage).
Blasii, Germany 1904 to 1906.
Distributor of the Adler pistol, which AGAWAM ARMS — Manufacturer of
was made for them by Engelbrecht rifles in Agawam, Mass., ca. 1970.
& Wolff.
AGUIRRE Y ARANZABAL — see
aek — WW-II German ordnance code AYA.
assigned to F. Dusek Waffenerzeu-
gung, Oppeln, Czechoslovakia. AGURU — Tradename of Erquiaga
Muguruza.
A.E.P. — Abbreviation and tradename
of Anciens Etablissmants Pieper. AJAX ARMY -— Tradename on
revolvers sold by E.C. Meacham Co.,
AETNA — Tradename on spur trigger ca. 1880.
revolvers made by Harrington &
Richardson, ca. 1876. ajf — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Junker & Ruh AG,
AETNA ARMS CO. — Manufactured Karlsruhe, Germany.
tip-up revolvers in New York City
1880-90. ajn — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Union Sprengstoff u.
AF — Abbreviation for August Fran- Zundmittlewerke, Alt-Berum,
cotte & Co. Germany.
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ak
AMERICA
ak — WW-II German ordnance code ALKAR — Tradename of Alkartasuna

assigned to Munitionsfabriken, Vlasim, Fab. de Armas.
Czechoslovakia (Sellier & Bellot).
ALKARTASUNA FABRICA DE
AKAH — Tradename of dealer ARMAS, A.A. — Guernica, Spain
Albrecht Kind of Berlin-Nurnberg, 1917 to about 1922. Manufactured
Germany, ca. 1920. © under license from Gabilondo y Cia.
the “Ruby” type pistol, which was
akp — WW-II German ordnance code used as a secondary French military
assigned to Deutsche Rohrenwerke, arm. Brand name was ‘‘Alkar.”’
Ponsgen plant, Dusseldorf, Germany.
ALLEN — Tradename used by
al — WW-II German ordnance code McKeown’s Guns on Italian shotguns,
assigned to Deutsche Leucht u. ca. 1970.
Signalwerke, Berlin, Germany.
ALLEN — Tradename on revolvers
ALAMO — Tradename on revolvers made by Hopkins & Allen, ca. 1880.
used by A.F. Stoeger on guns from
West Germany. ALLEN DERRINGER — Model desig-
nation used by Ethan Allen & Co.,
ALASKA — Tradename used by Hood ca. 1870.
Firearms Co., ca. 1875.
ALLIES — Tradename used by
ALDAZABAL — Tradename used by Domingo Acha.
Hijos de Jose Aldazabal.
ALLIES — Tradename of Berasaluze
ALDAZABAL Y LETURIONDO — Areitio-Arutena y Cia., Elbar, Spain,
Pistol maker in Ejibar, Spain, ca. ca. 1920 on pistols.
19153
ALPINE INDUSTRIES — Makers of
ALERT — Tradename on revolvers M-1 carbines in Los Angeles, Calif.
from Hood Firearms Co., ca. 1875. from 1962 to 1965.
am — WW-II German ordnance code

ALEXIA -— Tradename used by
assigned to Otto Eberhardt Patronen-
Hopkins & Allen, ca. 1880. fabrik, Hirtenberg, Austria (Gustloff
Co.).
ALEXIS — Tradename used by Turner
& Ross Co., Boston, Mass. on re- AM — Abbreviation on Italian mili-
volvers made by Hood Firearms Co., tary arms meaning Aeronautica
ca. 1875. Militare (Air Force).
A &M RIFLE CO. — Abbreviation for

ALFA — Tradename used by Adolf
Atkinson & Marquart of Prescott,
Frank of Hamburg, Germany, a
distributor of all types of arms Ariz. from about 1960 to the early
around 1900 (Germany). 1970’s.
AMERICA — Tradename on double

ALFA — Tradename of Armero action revolvers made by Norwich
Especialistas Reunidas (Spain). Falls Pistol Co., ca. 1880.
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AMERICA anj
AMERICA — Tradename used on spur — Manufacturers of tip-up revolvers

trigger revolvers from Bliss & Good- in Newark, N.J., ca. 1865-70.
year, ca. 1878.
AMERICAN WEAPONS CORP. —
AMERICAN — Tradename on double Company name used by Hy Hunter,
action revolvers from Harrington & ca. 1955.
Richardson.
AMERICUS — Tradename of revolvers
AMERICAN ARMS CO. — Manu- made by Hopkins & Allen, ca. 1880.
facturers of shotguns and two shot
Wheeler patent derringers. In Boston, amn — WW-II German ordnance code
Mass. from 1873 to 93,in Milwaukee, assigned to Mauser-Werke, Neuwied
Wisc. from 1893 until they were plant.
purchased by Marlin Firearms Co. in
1901s amo — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Mauser-Werke, Waldeck-
AMERICAN BARLOCK WONDER —
Kassel plant.
Tradename used by Sears, Roebuck
& Co. on shotguns made by Crescent amp — WW-II German ordnance code
Firearms Co. assigned to Dortmund Hoerder
Huttenverein, Dortmund, Germany.
AMERICAN BOY — Tradename used
by Townley Hdw. Co. on revolvers AMT — Abbreviation for Arcadia
made by Bliss & Goodyear, ca. 1878. Machine & Tool Co., best known for
their stainless steel pistols since
AMERICAN BULLDOG — Tradename 1976 in Arcadia, Calif.
used on revolvers from Johnson,
Bye & Co., 1882 to about 1900. an — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Beutemuller & Co.
AMERICAN DOUBLE ACTION — GmbH, Mettallwarenfabrik, Bretten-
Tradename on revolvers made by Baden, Germany.
Harrington & Richardson, ca. 1900.
ANCIENS ETABLISSMENTS PIEPER
AMERICAN EAGLE — Tradename — Successor to Henry Pieper, and
used by Hopkins & Allen on re- synonymous with Nicolas Pieper.
volvers, ca. 1880. From 1907 to 1939, mainly known
for their pistols, especially the
AMERICAN FIREARMS MFG. CO. “Bayard”’ line.
— Pistol maker in San Antonio, Tex.
from 1966-74. ANCION-MARX FAB. D’ARMES —
Manufacturer of sporting arms in
AMERICAN GUN CO. — Tradename Liege, Belgium 1934-39.
of H. & D. Folsom Co. on shotguns
made by Crescent Firearms Co. and — WW-II German Ordnance code
assigned to Magdeburger Pumpen-
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL — fabrik, Otterburg & Co., Magdeburg,
Importers in Salt Lake City, Utah of Germany.
.22 caliber machine guns and
carbines from Austria. anj — WW-II German code assigned to
Kienzle-Uhrenfabrik, Lomotau, Ger-
AMERICAN STANDARD TOOL CO. many.
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ANSCHUTZ, BRUNO ARI ZMENDI, FRANCISCO
ANSCHUTZ, BRUNO — Manufacturer APAOLOZO HERMANOS -— Revolver

of sporting arms in Zella-Mehlis, makers in Zumorraga, Spain.
Germany 1919-26.
apc — WW-II German ordnance code
ANSCHUTZ, J.G. — Sporting arms assigned to Continental Caoutchouc
manufacturer, especially known for Co., Hannover, Germany.
target rifles. Established 1922 and
operated until 1938 in Zella-Mehlis, aqe — WW-II German ordnance code
Germany. After the war resumed assigned to Deutsche Kabelwerke,
production in Ulm, West Germany. Berlin, Germany.
Imported into the U.S. by Savage
Arms Corp. and sometimes called aqx — WW-II German ordnance code
“Savage/Anschutz.”’ assigned to Rheinmetall-Borsig, Tegel
plant.
ANSCHUTZ, UDO — Manufacturer of
sporting arms in Zella-Mehlis, ar — German WW-II ordnance code
Germany 1927-39, best known for assigned to Mauser-Werke, Berlin-
his “‘Free-Pistols.”’ Borsigwalde.
anx — WW-II German ordnance code A & RSALES CO. — Manufacturer of

assigned to Konigs-Laura-Hutte, M1911 .45 frames and military rifle
Konigshutte, Germany. receivers, dealer of surplus military
gun parts, since 1969 in South El
anz — WW-II German ordnance code Monte, Calif.
assigned to Maschinen u. Armaturen-
fabrik, Div. of Polte, Magdeburg- ARANA Y CIA. — Manufacturer of
Backau, Germany (L. Strube). revolvers in Eibar, Spain.
A.O.A. — Abbreviation for Asahi

arb — German WW-II ordnance code
Okuma Arms Co., Ltd., current
assigned to Vereinigte Oberschlesige
ammunition manufacturers in Japan
Huttenwerke, Andreashutte, Germany.
on guns made by Howa.
ARICO — Tradename used by Nicolas

ap — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Gustloff-Werke, Wupper- Pieper.
tal plant, Ronsdorf, Germany, and to
Otto Eberhardt, Patronenfabrik, Hir- ARISTOCRAT — Tradename on re-
tenberg, Germany. volvers from Hopkins & Allen for
Suplee Biddle Hardware, ca. 1880.
APACHE — Tradename of Ojanguren
y Vidosa on pistols. ARISTOCRAT — Tradename used by
J. Stevens Arms Co. on shotguns.
APACHE — Tradename on revolvers
from Fab. de Armas Garantazadas ARIZAGA — Tradename of Gaspar
(Spain). Arizaba of Eibar, Spain on pistols,
ca. 1920.
APACHE — Tradename used by Jana
International on revolvers imported ARIZMENDI, FRANCISCO — See
from Germany, ca. 1976. Arizmendi y Goenaga.
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ARIZMENDI Y GOENAGA asx
ARIZMENDI Y GOENAGA — From ARMINIUS — Tradename of Gregorio

1886 to 1914 in Ejibar, Spain. In Bolumburu (Spain).
1914 the name was changed to
Francisco Arizmendi. The _ earlier ARMSPORT — Importers, Miami, Fla.
company was best known for their
revolvers, while after 1914 the AROSTIGUI, EULOGIO — Revolver
emphasis was changed to pistols, maker in Eibar, Spain.
and they were produced under many
tradenames. AROSTIGUI, SALVADOR —Revolver
maker in Eibar, Spain.
ARMALITE, INC. — Costa Mesa, Calif.
from about 1959, division of Fair- ARRIOLA HERMANOS — Revolver |
child. Developed the Stoner system makers in Eibar, Spain.
of military arms, and also makes
sporting arms. Tradename and model ARTISTIC ARMS, INC. — Current
designation is ‘““AR.”’ Present produc- manufacturer of reproduction Sharp’s
tion is subcontracted by Sterling rifles in Hoagland, Indiana since
Armament Co. Ltd. License for the about 1971.
AR-7 Explorer has been given to
Charter Arms, and for the AR-15 asb — WW-II German ordnance code
and M-16 to Colt. assigned to Deutsche Waffen u.
Munitionsfabriken, Berlin, Germany.
ARMAS TREJO, A.A. — Manufac-
turers of semi, and full automatic asr — WW-II German ordnance code
pistols in Zacatlan, Mexico. assigned to .HAK Hanseatisches-
Kettenwerke, Hamburg, Germany.
ARMERO ESPECIALISTAS
REUNIDOS — Revolver makers in A.S.T. — Abbreviation for American
Eibar, Spain. Standard Tool Co.
ARMI FAMARS — Current manu- ASTORIA — Tradename on rifles

facturer of sporting arms in Brescia, made by Berlin-Suhler Waffen u.
Italy. Fahrzengwerke in pre-WW-II Germany.
ARMI GALESI — See Industria Armi ASTRA — Tradename of Astra-Unceta

Galesi. y Cia. S.A. The company was formed
under the name Pedro Unceta y
ARMI JAGER — Current manufac- Juan Esperanza in 1908 in Eibar,
turer of sporting arms in Turin, Spain. In 1913 the company moved
Italy. to Guernica, Spain, and sometime
between then and 1926 the name
ARMINIUS —Tradename of Friederich was reversed to Esperanza y Unceta.
Pickert, pre-WW-II (Germany). In 1926 the name was changed to
Unceta y Cia., and in 1953 was
ARMINIUS — Postwar brandname used changed to its current form Astra-
by Herman Weirauch Sportwaffen- Unceta y Cia. The firm makes
fabrik, West Germany on revolvers. contract military arms, and a variety
Marketed by several U.S. distributors of arms for the commercial market.
until around 1969. Now made in the
US. by F.LE. asx — WW-II German ordnance code
at AUTOMATIQUE FRANCAISE
assigned to Hosch AG, Dortmund au — WW-II German ordnance code

plant, Dortmund, Germany. assigned to Gute-Hoffnungshutte
Oberhausen, Sterkrade plant,
at — WW-II German ordnance code Germany.
assigned to Klockner-Werke, Division
of Haspner Eisen u. Stahlwerk. AUBREY, A.J. — Tradename of Sears,
Roebuck & Co. on firearms made by
atb — WW-II German ordnance code Meriden Arms Co.
assigned to Hydrometer AG, Breslau,
Czechoslovakia. auc — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Mauser-Werke AG,
ATC — Tradename and abbreviation Cologne-Ehrenfeld, Germany.
for Armas de Tiro y Caza, S.A.
AUDAX -— Tradename of Mre.
ATCSA — Tradename and abbrevia- d’Armes des Pyrenees.
tion for Armas de Tiro y Caza, S.A.
auf — WW-II German ordnance code
ATIS SpA — Current firearms manu- assigned to Metall, Guss, u. Press-
facturers in Ponte S. Marco, Italy. werk, Nurnberg, Germany (H. Diehl).
ATKINSON & MARQUART RIFLE aure — WW-II German ordnance code

CO. —See A&M Rifle Co. assigned to Metall u. Eisen GmbH,
Nurnberg, Germany.
atl — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Klockner-Humbold- AUTO AND BURGLAR GUN —
Deutz, Ulm, Germany. Tradename used on shotgun pistols
made by Ithaca Gun Co.
ATLAS — Tradename of Domingo
Acha. AUTOGARDE — Tradename of Soc.
Francaise des Munitions.
ATLAS — Tradename of Tomas de
Urizar y Cia. AUTOMATIC — Tradename of Mre.
d’Armes a Feu.
ATLAS ARMS — Importers in Chi-
cago, Ill. from the early 1960’s. AUTOMATIC DERRINGER — Trade-
Moved to Niles, Ill. about 1970, and name used by Hy Hunter on 2-shot
out of business about 1972. pistols made in West Germany by
Gerstenberger & Eberwein.
atr — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Langbein-Pfannhauser- AUTOMATIC HAMMERLESS —
Werke AG, Leipzig, Germany. Tradename used on double action
hammerless revolvers by Iver
Johnson.
atw — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Mannesman-Rohrenwerke AUTOMATICO VB — Tradename
AG, Witten plant, Ruhr, Germany. used by Bernardelli on automatic
shotguns.
aty — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Machinenfabrik fur AUTOMATIQUE FRANCAISE —
Massenpac kung, Lubeck-Sc hlutrup, Tradename of Soc. Francaise d’Armes
Germany. Automatiques.
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AUTO-ORDNANCE CORP. azy
AUTO — ORDNANCE CORP. De- awl — WW-II German ordnance code

velopers of the Thompson sub- assigned to Union-Gesellschaft fur
machine gun, in New York City, ca. Metallindustrie, Werl plant, Fron-
1920. denberg, Ruhr, Germany.
AUTO-POINTER — Tradename used awt — WW-II German ordnance code

on shotguns imported by Sloan’s assigned to Wurttembergische Metall-
and made by Yamamoto Mfg. Co. warenfabrik AG, Geislingen, Germany.
AUTO-STAND — Tradname on pistols A.W.Z. — Abbreviation for Albin

made by Mre. d’Armes des Pyrenees Wahl of Zella-Mehlis, Germany.
for Manufrance.
axq — WW-II German ordnance code
auu — WW-II German ordnance code assigned to Erfurter Laden Industrie,
assigned to Patronenhulsen u. Metall- North Erfurt, Germany.
warenfabrik AG, Rikycany plant,
Pilsen, Czechoslovakia. axs — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Berndorfer Metallwaren-
aux — WW-II German ordnance code fabrik AG, Berndorf, Austria (A.
assigned to Polte-Werk, Magdeburg, Krupp).
Germany.
ay — WW-II German ordnance code
auy — WW-II German ordnance code assigned to Alois Pirkel, Electro-
assigned to Polte-Werk, Grunberg, technische Fabrik.
Germany.
A Y A — Tradename of Aguirre y
auz — WW-II German ordnance code
Aranzabal; Eibar, Spain from 1927.
Makers of fine shotguns, now im-
assigned to Polte-Werk, Arnstadt,
ported by Ventura.
Germany.
ayf — WW-II German ordnance code
av — WW-II German ordnance code assigned to Waffenfabrik Erma,
assigned to Adam Gerhard Moteren- Erfurt, Germany.
werke, Oskau Friedrichsdorf, Su-
deten, Germany. az — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to VDM-Halbzeugwerke,
AVION — Tradename of Bartra y Altena, Germany.
Azpiri.
AZANZA Y ARIZABALAGA — Pistol
avk — WW-II German ordnance code makers in Eibar, Spain, ca. 1916.
assigned to Ruhrstahl AG, Brack-
wede-Beilefeld, Germany. azg — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Siemens-Schukert-Werke
AG, Berlin, Germany.
avm — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Rheinhutte GmbH, Wies-
AZUL — Tradename of Eulogio
baden, Germany (Beck & Co.).
Arostegui.
avt — WW-II German ordnance code azy — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Silva-Metallwerke, Divi- assigned to Mascinenfabrik Sanger-
sion of Polte, Genthin, Germany. shausen.
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"B{"
B&B
B Automoviles Soc. Anonima.
BALLISTER-RIGAUD — Tradename
of Hispano Argentine Fabrica de
“B” — Tradename used by Rohm on Automoviles Soc. Anonima.
revolvers.
BALTIMORE ARMS CO. — Baltimore,
ba — WW-II German ordnance code Md., maker of hammerless shotguns
assigned to Sundwiger Messingwerke, 1895-1902.
Iserlohn, Westphalia, Germany.
BANG-UP — Tradename used by
BABY — Model designation on .25 Hopkins & Allen on revolvers, ca.
acp pistols used by F.N. on Brown- 1880.
ings.
BARKER, T. — Tradename of shot-
BABY HAMMERLESS — Model name guns made by Crescent Fire Arms
used by Henry M. Kolb and his Co., and also shotguns made in
successor R.F. Sedgley on small Belgium and imported by H & D
revolvers. Folsom Co.
BABY RUSSIAN — Tradename on BAR-STO PRECISION — Current

revolvers used by the American manufacturer of stainless steel
Arms Co., ca. 1890. barrels and parts, manufacturer of
pistols, ca. 19738.
BACKUP — Model designation used
on pistols from T.D.E. BATAVIA LEADER — Tradename
used on shotguns by the Baker Gun
BACON ARMS CO. -—Norwich, Conn. Co.
1858-91. Made C.W. Hopkins re-
volvers, and Briggs & Hopkins BAUER FIREARMS CORP. — Current
revolvers, as well as many trade- manufacturer of pocket automatic
named revolvers. pistols in Fraser, Mich.
BAKER GUN CO. — Batavia, New BAYARD — Tradename of Anc.

York from 1903 until purchased by Etablissements Pieper, S.A.
Crescent in 1933. Made shotguns,
including the Batavia Leader. BAY STATE ARMS CO. — Shotgun
maker in Uxbridge and Worcester,
BALLARD — Type of single-shot Mass. 1873-74.
rifle made by Ball & Williams, 1861-
66; Merrimack Arms & Mfg. Co., baz — WW-II German ordnance code
1866-69; Brown Mfg. Co., 1869-73; assigned to Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG,
and J. M. Marlin starting in 1875. Steyr, Austria.
BALLARD & FAIRBANKS —-

bb — WW-II German ordnance code
Worcester, Mass. 1870-72, derringer
assigned to A. Laue & Co., Berlin,
makers and successor to C.H. Ballard
Germany.
& Co.
BALLISTER-MOLINA — Tradename B & B — Abbreviation for Braun &

of Hispano Argentine Fabrica de Bloem of Dusseldorf, Germany.
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be BERGMANN, THEODOR
be — WW-II German ordnance code BEESLEY, FREDERICK — London,

assigned to Kupfer u. Messingwerke, England; custom gunmaker from
Becker & Co. Langenberg, Germany. 1879 until merger with Joseph Lang
& Co., Ltd. in 1900.
B.C. — Trademark of Victor Bernedo
y Cia. beh — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Ernst Leitz, Wetzlar,
bed — WW-II German ordnance code Germany.
assigned to Wilhelm-Gustloff-Werke,
Weimar, Germany. BEHOLLA — Tradename of Becker
and Hollander.
bck — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Bruninghaus, Versmold, bej — WW-II German ordnance code
Germany. assigned to Maschinenfabrik Wolf,
Buckau, Germany
bcu — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Gutehohhnungshutte, bek — WW-II German ordnance code
Oberhausen, Germany. assigned to Hensoldt-Werk fur Optik
u. Mechanik, Herborn, Germany.
bd — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Metallwerke Lange AG, BEKE — Tradename on rifles from
Bodenbach plant, Sudeten, Germany. Ferunion.
bda — WW-II German ordnance code BELLMORE GUN CO. — Tradename

assigned to Uhrenfabrik Villingen, used by Crescent Fire Arms Co. on
Germany. shotguns.
bdq — WW-II German ordnance code BELMONT FIREARMS WORKS —

assigned to Ehrhardt & Kirsten, See C.G. Bonehill, England.
Koffer u. Lederwarenfabrik, Leipzig,
Germany. BENELLI ARMI SpA — Current
arms maker in Urbino, Italy. Im-
bdr — WW-II German ordnance code ported by Diana Import Co.
assigned to Richard Erhardt Leder-
warenfabrik, Poeseneck, Germany. BENEMERITA — Tradename used by
D.F. Ortega de Seija of Madrid,
bdy — WW-II German ordnance code Spain on pistols, ca. 1920.
assigned to Pittner, Leipzig, Germany.
BENET ARMS CO. — Importers of
be — WW-II German ordnance code sporting arms in San Francisco,
assigned to Berndorfer Metallwaren- Calif. in the 1960’s.
fabrik, Berndorf, Austria (Krupp).
BERETTA, PIETRO — Current manu-
BECKER & HOLLANDER WAFFEN- facturer of sporting arms with a
BAU — Suhl, Germany from about company history that goes back to
1915, made Beholla pistols. In 1920 1680 in Brescia, Italy.
Stenda Werke took over the produc-
tion of the Boholla. BERGMANN, THEODOR — Manu-
facturer of pistols and machine guns
bed — WW-II German ordnance code from 1892 thru the end of WW-II,
assigned to Gustloffe-Werke, Weimar, with many guns subcontracted to
Germany. other makers. After Bergmann’s
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BERKSHIRE BKIW
death the firm was Gergmann Erben. BIG HORN ARMS CO. — Watertown,
Tradenames included Lignose. S.D. Maker of unique single-shot
pistols and shotguns that fired from
BERKSHIRE — Tradename used by an open bolt; exact dates of opera-
Shapleigh Hardware Co. of St. Louis, tion unknown.
Mo.
BIJOU — Tradename of August Menz
BERLIN-SUHLER WAFFEN _ U. on pistols.
FAHRZENGWERKE — Pre-WW-II
manufacturer of sporting and mili- BIJOU — Tradename of D.D. Deboux-
tary arms in Berlin, Suhl, and tay on revolvers.
Weimar, Germany.
BIRMINGHAM SMALL ARMS CO. —
BERNARDELLI, VINCENZO — see B.S.A.
Manufacturer of sporting arms in
Brescia, Italy since 1865. BISON — Tradename on revolvers
imported from Germany by Jana
BESA — Tradename used by B.S.A. International, ca. 1971.
BESCHI, MARIO — Manufacturer of BITTNER, GUSTAV — Vejprty,

shotguns in Italy, imported by J-K Bohemiz, Austria-Hungary from
Imports, ca. 1970. 1893 until 1939. Manufactured a
wide variety of firearms, but best
BESTIGUI HERMANOS — Manu- known for his early repeating pistols.
facturers and distributors of revolv-
ers and pistols in Eibar, Spain. BIVENS, JOHN — Custom replica
rifle maker in Winston-Salem, N.C.
bf — WW-II German ordnance code since about 1970.
assigned to Deutsche Rohenwerke
AG, Muhlheim, Germany. bj — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Niebecker & Schumacher,
bfn — WW-II German ordnance code Iserlohn, Germany.
assigned to New York-Hamburger
Gummifabrik. bjm — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Klockner Werke, Deutz
bg — WW-II German ordnance code plant, Germany.
assigned to Enzesfelder Metallwerke,
Vienna, Austria. bjv — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Bohmisch-Mahrische
bh — WW-II German ordnance code Kolben-Danek AG, Vysocan plant,
assigned to Brunner Waffenfabrik, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
Brno, Czechoslovakia.
bk — WW-II German ordnance code
B.H. — Tradename of Beistegui
assigned to Metall, Walz u. Plattier-
Hermanos.
warenfabrik Hinrichs & Auffermann
AG, Wuppertal, Germany.
BICYCLE — Tradename on revolvers
used by Harrington & Richardson.
BKIW — Abbreviation for Berlin-
BIG BONANZA — Tradename on spur Karlsruher Industrie Werke (name
trigger revolvers made by Bacon used by Deutsche Waffen u. Muni-
Arms Co., ca. 1880. tionsfabrik 1922-36).
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bkp BOCH-DRILLING
bkp — WW-II German ordnance code bmb — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Gewehrfabrik Burgs- assigned to Metallwarenfabrik Binder,
muller & Sohn, Kreiensen, Germany. Reichertshofen, Germany.
bkq — WW-II German ordnance code bmd — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Johannes Suremann assigned to Max G. Muller, Fabrik
GmbH Rohrenfabrik, Arnsbuerg, fur Lederwaren & Heeresbedarf,
Germany. Nurnberg, Germany.
bky — WW-II German ordnance code bmf — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Bohmische Waffenfabrik assigned to Berndorfer Metallwaren-
AG, Prague, Ung.-Bro plant, Moravia, fabrik, Berndorf, Austria.
Czechoslovakia.
bmj — WW-II German ordnance code
BLACK BEAUTY — Tradename used assigned to Hensoldt & Sohn,
on shotguns made by Crescent Fire Mechanisch-Optische Werke AG,
Arms Co. for Shapleigh Hdw. of St. Wetzlar, Germany.
Louis, Mo.
bmu — WW-II German ordnance code
BLACKFIELD — Tradename used by assigned to Carl Kuntze, Sattler-
Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett Co. of warenfabrik, Penig, Germany.
Chicago, Ill.
bmv — WW-II German ordnance code
ble — WW-II German ordnance code assigned to Rheinmetall-Borsig AG,
assigned to Carl Zeiss, Military Di- Sommerda plant, Germany.
vision, Jena, Germany.
bmz — WW-II German ordnance code
BLISS & GOODYEAR — New Haven, assigned to Minerva-Nahmaschinen-
Conn. from 1866 to 1887; makers of fabrik AG, Boskowitz, Czechoslovakia.
revolvers under a wide variety of
brand names. bnd — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-
BLOODHOUND — Tradename used Nurnberg, Nurnberg plant, Germany.
on revolvers by Hopkins & Allen,
ca. 1880. bne — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Metallwarenfabrik Odertal
blp — WW-II German ordnance code GmbH, Odertal, Germany.
assigned to Burgsmuller & Sohn,
Kreiensen, Germany. bnf — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Polte, contract plant,
blu — WW-II German ordnance code Wolfenbuttel, Germany.
assigned to Sprengstoffwerke,
Blumenau near Felixdorf, Germany. bnz — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG,
BLUE JACKET — Tradename used on Steyr, Austria.
revolvers by Hopkins & Allen, ca.
1880.
boa — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Venditor, Troisdorf,
BLUE WHISTLER — Tradename used Germany.
ca. 1880. BOCH-DRILLING — Tradename used
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bod BRIDGEPORT ARMS CO.
by S. Gunther of Suhl, Germany in bqo — WW-II German ordnance code

pre-WW-II Germany. assigned to Krupp-Gruson, Magdeburg-
Buckau, Germany.
bod — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Venditor, Troisdorf, bqs — WW-II German ordnance code
Germany. assigned to Oderhutte Kurstin.
BOHMISCHE WAFFENFABRIK — bqt — WW-II German ordnance code

German name for Ceska Zbrojovka assigned to Eugen Muller, Pyrotech-
(CZ). nische Fabrik, Vienna, Austria.
BOLOMAUSER — Tradename used by br — WW-II German ordnance code

Hy Hunter on pistols, ca. 1960. assigned to Mathias Bauerle, Lauf-
werke GmbH, St. Georgen, Germany.
BOLTON — Tradename of Francisco
Arizmendi. brd — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Hagenuk, Neufelt &
BOLUMBURU, GREGORIO — Pistol Kuhnke, Kiel, Germany.
maker in Eibar, Spain, ca. 1920.
BREDA, ERNESTO — Current manu-
BONANCA — Tradename used by facturer of sporting arms in Milan,
Bacon Arms Co. on revolvers. Italy.
BONEHILL, C.G. — Also known as BRENNEKE GEWEHR U. GES-

Belmont Firearms Works in Birming- CHOSSFABRIK — Manufacturer of
ham, England since 1851. firearms and bullets established in
1895 in Leipzig, Germany.
BONEHILL, C.G. — Tradename used
by H & D Folsom on shotguns made BRESCIA — Tradename on shotguns
by Crescent Fire Arms Co. (U.S.). imported from Italy by Klein-
guenther’s of Seguin, Texas.
BOSTON BULLDOG — Tradename
used by J.P. Lovell & Sons on re- BRETTON — Current manufacturer
volvers made by Iver Johnson. of sporting arms in St. Etienne,
France.
bot — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Metallwerke Neheim. BREVEXSURESNES — ‘Tradename
on Brevex actions on rifles made in
BOY’S CHOICE — Tradename used France and imported by Tradewinds.
on revolvers from Hood Firearms
Co., ca. 1875. B.R.F. — Initials unknown, successor
to Pretoria Arms Factory.
bpd — WW-II German ordnance code BRIDGE GUN CO. — Tradename used
assigned to Optische Anstalt O.P. by Shapleigh Hdw. of St. Louis, Mo.
Gorz, Vienna, Austria. on shotguns made by Crescent Fire
Arms Co.
bpr — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Johannes Grossfuss, BRIDGEPORT ARMS CO. — Trade-
Metall u. Locierwarenfabrik, Dobeln, name used by Fred Bifflar & Co. of
Germany. Chicago, Ill.
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BRISTOL BUFFALO STAND
BRISTOL — Tradename of Gregorio bsv — WW-II German ordnance code

Bolumburu. assigned to Tonshoff, Horn in Lippe,
Germany.
BRITISH BULLDOG — Tradename
used by J.P. Lovell on revolvers made BSW — Abbreviation for Belin-Suhler
by Johnson, Bye & Co., ca. 1882. Waffen u. Fahrzengwerke.
BRNO — Tradename of Ceska BSW SELBSTLADE — Tradename of

Zbrojovka, Brno Works; from about Berlin-Suhler Waffen und Fahrzeug-
1922 to date. werke.
BRONCHO — Tradename of A. btk — WW-II German ordnance code

Errasti. assigned to Aluminium-Werke Honsel,
Werdohl, Germany.
BRONCO — Tradename of Echave
y Arizmendi. BUA — Abbreviation and tradename
of Bolte u. Anschutz of Zella-Mehlis,
BRONCO — Tradename of Firearms Germany on pistols and rifles, ca.
International on single shot rifles t9S5s
and shotguns, ca. 1970.
buc — WW-II German ordnance code
BROWN PRECISION CO. — San assigned to Metallwerke Windels-
Jose, Calif. Current manufacturer of bleiche, near Bielefeld, Germany.
fiberglass gunstocks and assembler
of sporting and target rifles. BUCK, A.H. & CO. — Manufacturer
of single shot rifles in West Stafford,
BROWNIE — Model designation used Conn. 1881-83.
on pistols by O.F. Mossberg & Sons,
ca. 1930. BUDISCHOWSKI — Tradename of
Norton Armament Corp. 1972-76.
BROWNING ARMS CO. — Current
manufacturer and importer of arms BUFALO — Tradename of Gabilondo
under the Browning label in Morgan, y Cia. on pistols.
Utah. Also see F.N.
BUFFALO — Tradename used on .22
BROWREDUIT — Tradename on re-
western style revolvers made by
volvers from Salvador Arostegui.
Herbert Schmidt of West Germany.
BRUNSWIG — Tradename of
Esperanza y Unceta (Astra). BUFFALO BILL — Tradename on
revolvers sold by Homer Fisher Co.,
ca. 1880.
BRUTUS — Tradename on revolvers
from Hood Firearms Co., ca. 1875.
BUFFALO-MATCH — Tradename on
rifles made by Manufrance.
B.S.A. — Abbreviation and tradename
for Birmingham Small Arms Co.,
Birmingham, England from 1885. BUFFALO STAND — Tradename used
Manufacturers of sporting rifles, on single-shot bolt action pistols
shotguns, military rifles, and made by Mre. Francaise d’Armes et
machineguns. Cycles.
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buh bye
buh — WW-II German ordnance code BUSHMASTER — Model designation

assigned to Rochling, Wetzler, on guns made by Gwinn Arms Co. of
Germany. Winston-Salem, N.C.
BUHAG — Tradename used by gun- bvl — WW-II German ordnance code

smiths in Suhl, East Germany on assigned to Theodor Bergmann & Co.,
target pistols. Abteilung Automaten & Metallwaren-
fabrikation, Hamburg-Altona,
BULLARD REPEATING ARMS CO. Germany.
— Produced lever-action rifles in
Springfield, Mass. from 1887 to bwe — WW-II German ordnance code
1889. assigned to Maschinenfabrik Brack-
wede.
BULLDOG — Tradename on revolvers
made by Forehand & Wadsworth, bwn — WW-II German ordnance code
ca. 1880. assigned to Krupp-Stahlwerk u.
Maschinenfabrik, Essen, Germany.
BULLDOG — Tradename on single
shot “Hammond”’ pistols made by bwo — WW-II German ordnance code
Conn. Arms & Mfg. Co. assigned to Rheinmetall-Borsig AG,
Dusseldorf, Germany.
BULL DOZER — Tradename used on
single-shot Hammond Bulldog from bwp — WW-II German ordnance code
Conn. Arms & Mfg. Co., ca. 1865. assigned to Berlin-Anhaltische-
Maschinenbau AG, Dessau, Germany.
BULL DOZER — Tradename on
revolvers sold by J. McBride & Co., bwr — WW-II German ordnance code
made by Norwich Falls Pistol Co., assigned to Werk Lauchhammer.
ea. 1975.
bwx — WW-II German ordnance code
BULWARK — Tradename of Bestegui assigned to Ruhrstahl, Heinrich-
Hermanos. shutte, Hattingen, Germany.
BURGESS — Tradename used by bxb — WW-II German ordnance code

Whitney Arms Co. on rifles, ca. assigned to Skoda-Werke, Pilsen,
1880. Czechoslovakia.
BURGESS GUN CO. — Shotgun maker bxe — WW-II German ordnance code
in Buffalo, N.Y. 1893-95. assigned to Bochumer Verein.
bxm — WW-II German ordnance code

BURGHAM — Tradename of Mre. assigned to Vereingte Zunder u.
d’Armes des Pyrenees. Kabelwerke, Meissen, Germany.
BURGO — Tradename used by K. bye — WW-II German ordnance code

Burgsmuller Sen. on Rohm revolvers. assigned to Bruckenbauanstalt August
Klonne AG, Dortmund, Germany.
BURY-DONCKIER — Tradename of
custom sporting arms made in bye — WW-II German ordnance code
Belgium and imported by Conti- assigned to Hanomag, Hannover,
nental Arms, ca. 1950. Germany.
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byf cby
byf — WW-II German ordnance code C.A.L. — Abbreviation for Carbine

assigned to Mauser-Werke, Oberndorf Automatique Legere, a carbine made
am Neckar, Germany. by F.N.
byg — WW-II German ordnance code CAMPEON — Tradename of Hijos de

assigned to Johann Wyksen, Optische C. Arrizabalaga on handguns.
u. Feinmaschinen, Katowitz, Poland.
CAMPO GIRO — Spanish military
bym — WW-II German ordnance code pistol made by Esperanza y Unceta
assigned to Genossenschafts- (Astra).
Maschinenhaus der Buchsenmacher,
Ferlach, Austria. CANTABRIA — Tradename of Garate
Hermanos on handguns.
byq — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Pohlmann & Co., CAP-CHUR — Tradename used by
Hammerwerke, Wetterburg, Hessen- Palmer Chemical & Equipment Co.
Nassau, Germany. of Douglasville, Ga., manufacturer of
animal control and_ tranquilizing
byr — WW-II German ordnance code equipment.
assigned to Ruhrstahl, Witten-Annen,
Germany. CAPITAN — Tradename of Mre.
d’Armes des Pyrenees on pistols.
bys — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Ruhrstahl, Witten, CAPT. JACK — Tradename used by
Germany. Hopkins & Allen on revolvers, ca.
1880.
byw — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Johann Schafer, Stettiner CAROLINA ARMS CO. — Tradename
Schraubenwerk, Stetten, Germany. on shotguns made by Crescent
Firearms Co. for Smith-Wadsworth
bzt — WW-II German ordnance code Hardware Co. of Charlotte, N.C.
assigned to Fritz Wolf, Gewehrfabrik,
Zella-Mehlis, Germany. CATTLEMAN — Tradename on single
action revolvers made by A. Uberti
of Italy.
C CBC — Abbreviation and tradename

used by Compania Brazileira de
Cartuchos on shotguns imported by
ca — WW-II German ordnance code F.LE.
assigned to Vereinigte Deutsche
Nickelwerke, Schwerte, Ruhr, cbl — WW-II German ordnance code
Germany. assigned to VDM-Halberwerkzeuge,
Nurnberg branch, Germany.
CADET — Tradename on revolvers
sold by Maltby-Curtis & Co., ca. cbr — WW-II German ordnance code
1885. assigned to Bohlerwerk, Bohler & Co..,
Waidhofen, Austria.
cag — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Swarowski Glasfabrik u. cby — WW-II German ordnance code
Tyrolit, Wattens, Tyrol, Austria. assigned to Scholler-Blechmann,
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ccb
Ternitz, Niederdonau, Germany. CENTAUR — Tradename on shotguns

imported from Belgium by Conti-
ccb — WW-II German ordnance code nental Arms.
assigned to Stahlwerke Brunninghaus
AG, Westhofen, Germany. CENTENNIAL — Tradename used by
Deringer Rifle & Pistol Works on
ecd — WW-II German ordnance code revolvers, ca. 1876.
assigned to DEMAG, Wetter,
Germany. CENTRAL — Tradename used by J.
Stevens Arms Co. on shotguns.
ccx — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Optische u. Feinmaschine- CENTRAL ARMS CO. — Tradename
werke, Hugo Meyer & Co., Gorlitz, on shotguns used by Shapleigh Hdw.
Germany. Co. of St. Louis, Mo. on guns made
by Crescent Firearms Co.
cdc — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Kern, Klager & Co. CENTURON — Tradename on rifles
Lederwaren, Berlin, Germany. imported by Golden State Arms Co.
and assembled by Pasedina Arms
cdg — WW-II German ordnance code Corp., ca. 1960.
assigned to Auwarter & Bubeck
Lederwarenfabrik, Stuttgart, CENTURY ARMS CO. — Importers
Germany. of military and sporting arms since
the 1950’s in St. Albans, Vt.
cdo — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Theodor Bergmann & Co., CESAR J. — Tradename of Tomas de
Waffen u. Munitionsfabrik, Velten Urizar y Cia.
plant, Velten am Main, Germany.
CETME — Abbreviation for Centro
cdp — WW-II German ordnance code de Estudios Tecnicos de Materiales
assigned to Theodor Bergmann & Co., Especiales of Madrid, Spain, and
Waffen u. Munitionsfabrik, Bernau name of model of rifle that they
plant, Berlin, Germany. developed.
cdv — WW-II German ordnance code cey — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Metallwarenfabrik Ludwig assigned to Karl Budischovsky &
Maybaum, Sundern, Germany. Sohne, Osterreichische Lederindustrie
AG, Vienna, Austria.
ce — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to J. P. Sauer & Sohn, cf — WW-II German ordnance code
Waffenfabrik, Suhl, Germany. assigned to Westfalische Anhaltische
Sprengstoff, Oranienburg plant,
CEBRA — Tradename of Arizmendi, Germany.
Zulaika y Cia. on pistols.
cg — WW-II German ordnance code
CEBRA — Tradename on revolvers assigned to Finower Industrie GmbH,
from Antonio Errasti. Finow, Mark, Germany.
CELTA — Tradename used by Tomas

de Urizar y Cia. of Eibar, Spain, ca. C.G.H. — Abbreviation for CG.
1935. Haenel.
cgn ckl
cgn — WW-II German ordnance code chh — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Rohrbacher Lederfabrik, assigned to DEW, Hannover plant,
Josef Poschels Sohne, Rohrbach, Linden, Germany.
Germany.
CHICAGO ARMS CO. — Tradename
ch — WW-II German ordnance code used by Fred Bifflar Co. of Chicago,
assigned to Fabrique National Ill. on revolvers made by Meridan
d’Armes de Guerre, Herstal, Liege, Firearms Co.
Belgium.
CHICAGO FIRE ARMS CO. —
C.H. — Abbreviation for Crucelegui Chicago, Ill. late 1880’s to 1893.
Hermanos. Manufactured ‘Protector’ palm
pistols.
CHALLENGE — Tradename used on
revolvers made by Bliss & Goodyear, CHICNESTER — Tradename used on
ca. 1875. revolvers by Hopkins & Allen, ca.
1880.
CHAMPION — Model name used by
Iver Johnson on shotguns. CHIEFTAIN — Tradename on re-
volvers made by Norwich Falls
CHAMPION — Tradename used by Pistol Co., ca. 1880.
John Powell & Son of Cincinnati,
Ohio, ca. 1890. CHIMERE REINOR — Tradename of
Mre. d’Armes des Pyrenees on pistols.
CHAMPLIN FIREARMS, INC.—
Current importer and manufacturer CHURCHILL, E. J. LTD. — Custom
of sporting arms in Enid, Okla. gunmakers in London, England.
From 1869 to 1892 the company
CHANTICLER — Tradename of I. was called Charles Churchill, the
Charola on handguns (Spain). name was changed to its current
form in 1892. Also known as
CHANTICLER — Tradename of Mre. Churchill Gun Makers Ltd.
d’Armes des Pyrenees on _ pistols
(France). CHYLEWSKI — Tradename of
“einhand” pistols made by Soc.
CHARTER ARMS CORP. — Current Industrielle Suisse and Bergmann &
manufacturer of firearms in Strat- Lignose.
ford, Conn.
cjn — WW-II German ordnance code
chd — WW-II German ordnance code assigned to Uhrenfabrik, Gebruder
assigned to Deutsche Industrie-Werke Junghans, Schramberg, Germany.
AG, Berlin-Spandau, Germany.
ck — WW-II German ordnance code
CHEROKEE ARMS CO. —Tradename assigned to Metallwerk Neumeyer,
used by C.M. McClung & Co. of Munich, Germany.
Knoxville, Tenn. on shotguns made
by Crescent Firearms Co. cke — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Deutsche Eisenwerke AG,
CHESAPEAKE GUN CO. — Trade- Muhlheim, Ruhr, Germany.
name on shotguns made by Crescent
Firearms Co. ckl — WW-II German ordnance code
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cko COLON
assigned to Eisen u. Huttenwerke, Krefeld, Linn, Germany.

Thale, Harz, Germany.
cna — WW-II German ordnance code
cko — WW-II German ordnance code assigned to Krupp-National-
assigned to MHuttenwerk, Eisen- Registrierkassen, Berlin, Germany.
giesserei u. Maschinenfabrik, Michel-
stadt, Odenwalt, Germany. cnd — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Krupp-National-
cl — WW-II German ordnance code Registrierkassen, GmbH, Berlin,
assigned to Metschke Karl, Auto u. Germany.
Maschinenreparatur, Berlin plant,
Germany. COAST TO COAST — Tradename
used by U.S. chain of hardware
CLASSIC ARMS — Importers and stores of the same name on sporting
manufacturers of blackpowder guns arms.
and kits, located in Palmer, Mass.
Purchased by Val Forgett of Navy cob — WW-II German ordnance code
Arms in 1978. assigned to Netzschkauer Maschinen-
fabrik, Stark & Sohne, Netzschkau,
CLEMENT, CHARLES — Pistol and Saxony, Germany.
revolver manufacturer in Liege,
Belgium about 1886 to 1914. COBOLT — Tradename of L. Ancion
Marx on revolvers.
CLERKE — Current manufacturers of
revolvers in Santa Monica, Calif.
CODY MANUFACTURING CORP. —
CLIMAS —.Tradename used by J. Revolver maker in Chicopee, Mass.
Stevens Arms Co. on shotguns. after WW-II. Made ‘Thunderbird”’
revolvers.
CLIMAX — Tradename used on hand-
guns by J. Palmer, O’Neal & Co. of coe — WW-II German ordnance code
Pittsburgh, Pa. assigned to Lubecker Maschinenbau-
Gesellschaft.
CLUB — Tradename on rifles made by
Manufrance.
cof — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Waffenfabrik Eikhorn,
cmg — WW-II German ordnance code
Solingen, Germany.
assigned to Metallwarenfabrik Halver,
Peter W. Haurand GmbH Halver,
Westphalia, Germany. COGSWELL & HARRISON — Gun-
makers in London, England from
ems — WW-II German ordnance code 1770 to date. From 1924 to 1938
assigned to Konrad Lindhorst, Berlin, had a branch in Paris, France.
Germany.
COLLATH — Tradename used by
cmw — WW-II German ordnance code TeschnerCollath of Frankfurt,
assigned to Dr. Ing, Rudolf Hell, Germany, ca. 1930.
Berlin, Germany.
cmz — WW-II German ordnance code COLON — Tradename of Antonio

assigned to Zunderwerke Ernst Brun, Azpiri.
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COW
COLONIAL
COLONIAL — Tradename of Fab. CONSTABLER — Tradename of Mre.

d’Armes de Guerre de Grande Liegeoise d’Armes a Feu on revolvers.
Precision on pistols (Spain).
CONTINENTAL — Tradename used
COLONIAL — Tradename of Mre. on rifles and shotguns by J. Stevens
d’Armes des Pyrenees on pistols Arms Co.
(Belgium).
CONTINENTAL — Tradename used
COLTON FIREARMS CO. — Trade- by Hood Firearms Co. on revolvers
name used by Sears, Roebuck & Co. sold by Marshall Wells & Co., ca.
1870.
COLUMBIAN — Tradename of re-
volvers made by Foehl & Weeks, CONTINENTAL — Tradename of M.
ca. 1890. Neumann on handguns (Belgium).
COMMANDO ARMS -— Current CONTINENTAL — Tradename of

manufacturer of carbines in Knox- Reheinische Waffen und Munitions-
ville, Tenn. Distributed by Volunteer fabrik on pistols (Germany).
Enterprises, Inc.
CONTINENTAL — Tradename of
COMMERCIAL CONTROLS CORP. Tomas de Urizar y Cia. on pistols
— Successor to National Postal (Spain).
Meter, manufacturer of M-1 Carbines,
ca. WW-II in Rochester, N.Y. CONTINENTAL ARMS — Importers
of sporting arms in N.Y.C. from the
COMPEER — Tradename used by Van mid-1950’s until 1965.
Camp Hdw. of Indianapolis, Indiana
on firearms made by Crescent COPELAND, FRANK — Revolver
Firearms Co. maker in Worcester, Mass. 1868-74.
COMPETITION — Tradename used by CORLA — Tradename of Fab. de

John Meunier Gun Co. of Milwaukee, Armas Zaragoza.
Wisc.
CORRIENTES — Tradename of
con — WW-II German ordnance code Modesto Santos.
assigned to Franz Stock, Maschinen
u. Werkzeugfabrik, Berlin, Germany. cos — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Gebruder Merz, Merz-
CONNECTICUT ARMS & MFG CO. Werke, Frankfurt, Germany.
— Naubuc and Glastenbury, Conn.
1863-68. Makers of the single shot COSMOPOLITE OSCILLATORY —
Hammond pistol and carbine. Tradename used on copies of S & W
revolvers by Garate, Anitua y Cia.
CONNECTICUT VALLEY ARMS CO.
— Current manufacturer and im-
porter of blackpowder arms and fire- COUNET — Tradename on revolvers
arms kits in Haddon, Conn. from Auguste Francotte et Cie.
CONQUEROR — Tradename on re- cow — WW-II German ordnance code

volvers made by Bacon Arms Co., assigned to Wintershall AG, Spritz-
ca. 1880. gusswerk, Berlin, Germany.
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COW BOY ctg
COW BOY — Tradename of Fabrica- for Essex Arms Corp. and _ pistol
tion Francaise on pistols. makers; in current operation in
Cortland, N.Y.
COW BOY RANGER — Tradename
used on revolvers by Liege United CROWN JEWEL — Tradename used
Arms Co. on revolvers by Norwich Falls Pistol
Co., ca. 1880.
cpn — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Werk Apolda. crs — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Fritz Werner, Plant II,
cpo — WW-II German ordnance code Berlin, Germany.
assigned to Rheinmetall-Borsig AG,
Berlin-Marienfeld, Germany. CRUCELEGUI — Tradename of Hijos
de C. Arrizabalaga on pistols made
cpp — WW-II German ordnance code for Crucelegui Hermanos.
assigned to Rheinmetall-Borsig AG,
Breslau plant. CRUSO — Tradename on rifles and
shotguns used by J. Stevens Arms
cpq — WW-II German ordnance code Co.
assigned to Rheinmetall -Borsig AG,
Bubeb plant. CRUSO — ‘Tradename used by
Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett Co. on
cq — WW-II German ordnance code shotguns made by Crescent Fire
assigned to Warz & Co., Zella-Mehlis, Arms Co.
Germany.
crw — WW-II German ordnance code
CREEDMORE — Tradename used on assigned to Maschinenfabrik Hofmann
revolvers by Hopkins & Allen, ca. GmbH, Breslau.
1880.
csa — WW-II German ordnance code
CRESCENT — Tradename used on assigned to Skoda-Werke.
revolvers by Norwich Falls Pistol
Co., ca. 1880. csq — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Pollux, Ludwigshafen,
CRIOLLA — Tradename of Hispano Rhein, Germany.
Argentine Fab. de Automoviles on
pistols. csx — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Gothaer Metallwaren-
CRISTOBAL — Tradename on arms fabrik GmbH.
made by Armeria Fabrica de Armas,
San Cristobal, Dominican Republic. cte — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Klockner Maschinen-
erm — WW-II German ordnance code fabrik, Manstadt division, Troisdorf,
assigned to PhyWE, Gottingen, Germany.
Germany.
ctf — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Eisenwerke Gaggenau
cro — WW-II German ordnance code GmbH, Gaggenau, Germany.
assigned to R. Fuess Optische
Industrie, Berlin-Steglitz, Germany. ctg — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Karlshutte Waldenburg,
CROWN CITY ARMS -— Distributors Altwasser, Germany.
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ctn cxq
ctn — WW-II German ordnance code cvl — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Freidricks & Co., assigned to WKC Waffenfabrik,
Hanseatische Werkstatten fur Fein- Solingen Wald, Germany.
meckanik u. Optik.
cvs — WW-II German ordnance code
cts — WW-II German ordnance code assigned to Paul Weyersberg & Co.,
assigned to Markische Werke, H. Waffenfabrik, Solingen, Germany.
Hillmann GmbH, Halver, Germany.
cvv — WW-II German ordnance code
cue — WW-II German ordnance code assigned to Maschinenfabrik B. Holt-
assigned to Rochlinf-Buderus- haus, Dinklage, Germany.
Stahlwerke, Finofurt plant, Branden-
burg, Germany. cwb — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Brandenburger Ejisen-
cuf — WW-II German ordnance code werke, Brandenburg, Germany.
assigned to Rochling-Buderus-
Stahlwerke, Melle plant, Hannover, cwg — WW-II German ordnance code
Germany. assigned to Westfalisch-Anhaltisce
Sprengstoff AG, Coswig plant,
CUMBERLAND ARMS CO. — Trade- Germany.
name used by Grey & Dudley Hard-
ware Co. of Nashville, Tenn. on shot- cww — WW-II German ordnance code
guns made by Crescent Fire Arms assigned to Karl Weiss, Lederwaren-
Co. fabrik, Braunschweig, Germany.
cuz — WW-II German ordnance code cxa — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Eisenwerk Maximilian- assigned to Ruhrstahl AG, Stahlwerk
hutte, Unterwellenborn. Thuringia, Krieger, Dusseldorf-Oberhausen,
Germany. Germany.
cva — WW-II German ordnance code cxd — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Eisenwerke Maximilian- assigned to Maschinenfabrik Becker
hutte, Fronberg, Germany. & Co., Magdeburg, Germany.
C.V.A. — Abbreviation for Connecti- exg — WW-II German ordnance code

cut Valley Arms Co. assigned to Metallwarenfabrik Spree-
werk AG, Berlin-Spandau, Germany.
cvb — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Otto Sindel, Lederwaren- exh — WW-II German ordnance code
fabrik, Berlin, Germany. assigned to Kienzle, Schwenningen
am Neckar, Germany.
eve — WW-II German ordnance code cxm — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Zeschke Nachfolge assigned to Gustav Genschow & Co.,
Gebruder L. Zeuschner, Koffer u Berlin, Germany.
Lederwarenfabrik, Mullrose near
Frankfurt am Oder, Germany. cxn — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Emil Busch AG, Optische
cvg — WW-II German ordnance code Industrie, Rathenow, Germany.
assigned to VDM, Frankfurt-Hedder-
heim, Germany. cxq — WW-II German ordnance code
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cyd DARNE
assigned to Spreewerke GmbH,

Metallwarenfabrik, Berlin-S pandau, D
Germany.
cyd - WW-II German ordnance code dah — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Nottebohm, Ludenscheid, assigned to Junkers, Dessau, Germany.
Germany. .
DAINO — Tradename on single shot
cyh = WW-II German ordnance code shotguns imported by Kleinfuenther’s
assigned to Huttenwerke Siegerland, of Seguin, Texas.
Eichner, Germany.
DAISY — Tradename on revolvers
cyq — WW-II German ordnance code from Bacon Arms Co., ca. 1880.
assigned to Spreewerke GmbH,
Metallwarenfabrik, Berlin-Spandau, DAKIN GUN CO. — Importers of
Germany. Italian and Spanish Shotguns, ca.
1960 in San Francisco, Calif.
CZ — Tradename of Ceska Zbrojovka.
DAKOTA — Tradename on revolvers
CZAR — Tradename used on revolvers made by Uberti.
by Hopkins & Allen, ca. 1880.
DALY ARMS CO. — Revolver maker
in New York City, ca. 1890.
CZAR — Tradename on revolvers
made by Hood Firearms, ca. 1875. DANIEL BOONE GUN CO. — Trade-
name used by Belknap Hardware of
ezf — WW-II German ordnance code Louisville, Ky. on shotguns.
assigned to Maschinenfabrik Steubing
& Co., Berlin, Germany. DANTON — Tradename of Gabilondo
y Cia.
czm — WW-II German ordnance code
DAN WESSON ARMS CO. — Current
assigned to Gustav Genschow & Co.,
manufacturer of revolvers with a
Berlin, Germany.
unique barrel takedown system in
Monson, Mass.
czn — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Emil Busch AG, Optische dar — WW-II German ordnance code
Industrie, Rathenow, Germany. assigned to Metallindustrie Schonbeck
AG, Schonbeck am Elbe, Germany.
czo — WW-II German ordnance code
DARDICK CORP. — Manufacturers of
assigned to Heereszeugamt, Geschoss-
unusual revolving carrier pistols in
werkstatt, Konigsberg, Germany.
Hamden, Conn.
ezq — WW-II German ordnance code DAREDEVIL — Tradename used by

assigned to Schichau-Elbing, Konigs- Lou J. Eppinger, Inc. of Detroit,
berg division, Germany. Mich.
czs — WW-II German ordnance code DARNE — Manufacturer of sporting

assigned to Brennabor Werke AG, arms since 1881 in St. Etienne,
Brandenburg, Germany. France.
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DAUDETAU, L. DERINGER RIFLE AND PISTOL WORKS
DAUDETAU, L. — Name of a series fur Leder u. Stoffwaren, Berlin,

of French military rifles, ca. 1900 Germany.
and named for their inventor.
ddx — WW-II German ordnance code
DAVENPORT, W.H. ARMS CO. — assigned to Voigtlander u. Sohn AG,
Manufacturer of rifles and shotguns Braunschweig, Germany.
in Norwich, Conn. 1855-1910.
dea — WW-II German ordnance code
DAVIDSON FIREARMS CO. — Im- assigned to Frankfurter Maschinen-
porters of shotguns made by Fabrica bau, Pokorny & Wittekind, Frank-
de Armas in Spain; located in furt, Germany.
Greensboro, N.C.
DEAD SHOT — Tradename on re-
DAVIS, N.R. & CO. — Freetown, volvers used by L.W. Pond Co.
Mass. 1853-1917. In 1917 merged
with Warner Arms Co. and changed dec — WW-II German ordnance code
the name to Davis-Warner Arms Co., assigned to Bleiwerk Goslar.
and became inactive about 1921. In
1930 merged with Crescent Fire DEFENDER — Tradename on re-
Arms Co. and became Crescent- volvers made for J.P. Lovell Arms
Davis Arms Co. Was purchased by by Iver Johnson, ca. 1880.
J. Stevens Arms Co. in 1932.
DEFENDER — Trademark on pistols
DAVIS-WARNER ARMS CO.— Name used by Javier Echaniz.
of merged N.R. Davis & Co. and
Warner Arms Corp., Norwich, Conn. DEFIANCE — Tradename on re-
1917-30, though inactive from about volvers made by Norwich Falls
1921 until it was merged with Cres- Pistol Co., ca. 1880.
cent Fire Arms Co. to form Crescent-
Davis Arms Corp. in 1930. DEK-DU — Tradename of Tomas de
Urizar y Cia.
DAY ARMS CO. — Distributors for
Essex Arms Corp. and makers of DELPHIAN — Tradename used by J.
pistols and M1911 modifications; in Stevens Arms Co. on shotguns.
current operation in San Antonio,
Tex. DELPHIAN — Tradename used by
Supplee-Biddle Hardware Co. of
daz — WW-II German ordnance code Philadelphia, Pa.
assigned to Maximilianhutte, plant II,
Unterwellenborn, Thuringia, Germany. DELU — Tradename of Fab. d’Armes
Delu & Co.
dbg — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Dynamit AG (Alfred DeLUXE — Tradename of Gregorio
Nobel & Co.), Duneberg plant. Bolumburu.
dbh — WW-II German ordnance code

assigned to Mannesmann, Dusseldorf DEMON MARINE — Tradename of
plant, Germany. Mre. d’Armes des Pyrenees.
dde — WW-II German ordnance code DERINGER RIFLE AND PISTOL

assigned to Robert Larsen, Fabrik WORKS — Philadelphia, Pa. 1873-79.
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DESPATCH DIXIE GUN WORKS
Successor to Henry Deringer, Jr. and assigned to Dynamit AG, (Alfred

formed after his death. Nobel & Co.), Duneberg plant.
DESPATCH — Tradename used by dgl — WW-II ordnance code assigned

Hopkins & Allen on revolvers, ca. to Remo Gewehrfabrik, Gebruder
1875. Rempt, Suhl, Germany.
DESTROYER — Tradename of Isidro dgz — WW-II German ordnance code

Gaztanaga on pistols. assigned to Bohler, Kapfenberg,
Austria.
DESTROYER CARBINES — Spanish
police carbines made by Gaztanaga y dha — WW-II German ordnance code
Cia, of Eibar, Spain, ca. 1925, and assigned to Krupp, Hannover plant,
more recently Ayra Duria S.A. of Germany.
Eibar, Spain.
dhp — WW-II German ordnance code
DESTRUCTOR -— Tradename of assigned to H. Burgsmuller, Gewehr-
Retolaza Hermanos on pistols. fabrik, Kreiensen-Harz, Germany.
DETECTIVE — Tradename of Garate, DIAMOND — Tradename used by J.

Anitua y Cia. on revolvers (Spain). Stevens Arms Co. on shotguns.
DETECTIVE REVOLVER — Trade- DIAMOND ARMS CO. — Tradename

name used by Hy Hunter of Burbank, used by Shapleigh Hardware Co. of
Calif. on imported revolvers, ca. St. Louis, Mo.
1960.
DIANE — Tradename on pistols made
DETONICS, INC. — Current manu- by Wilkinson Arms, ca. 1976.
facturer of pistols in Seattle, Wash.
DICKINSON, E. L. & CO. — Revolver
DEUTSCHE SELBSTLADE PISTOLE makers in Springfield, Mass. 1870-
— Tradename on pistols from Gotthilf 80.
von Nordheim of Zella-Mehlis, Ger-
many, 1929-39. DICKSON BULLDOG — Tradename
on revolvers used by Herman
DEUTSCHE WAFFENFABRIK Weihrauch Sportwaffenfabrik.
GEORG KNAAK — See Georg
Knaak. DICKSON SPECIAL AGENT — Trade-
name used by Echave, Arizmendi y
dev — WW-II German ordnance code Cia. on pistols.
assigned to DEW, Remscheid plant,
Germany. DICTATOR — Tradename on revolvers
from Hopkins & Allen, ca. 1880.
dfb — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Gustloff Co., Waffen- DICTATOR — Tradename on pistols
fabrik, Suhl, Germany. of Soc. Anonyme des Fab. d’Armes
Reunies.
DGA — Tradename of Shilen Rifles,
Inc. on rifle actions. DIXIE GUN WORKS -— Importer and
manufacturer of blackpowder guns
dgb — WW-II German ordnance code and kits in Union City, Tenn.
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dafi dps
djf — WW-II German ordnance code dnz — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Draht-Bremer, Rostock, assigned to Schwarzwalder
Mecklenburg, Germany. Apparatenbauanstalt, August
Schwek & Sohne, Villingen, Germany.
dkk — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Friedrich Offerman & dom — WW-II German ordnance code
Sohne, Lederwarenfabrik, Bensberg, assigned to Westfalische Metallin-
Germany. dustrie, Lippstadt, Germany.
dla — WW-II German ordnance code dot — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Karl Barth, Militareffekten- assigned to Waffenwerke Brunn,
Fabrik, Waldbrohl, Germany. Brunn plant, Czechoslovakia.
dld — WW-II German ordnance code dou — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Kromag, Hirtenberg, assigned to Waffenwerke Brunn,
Austria. Bystrica, Czechoslovakia.
dlu — WW-II German ordnance code DOUGLAS — Tradename of Lasaga-

assigned to Ewald Lunenschloss, baster Hermanos on handguns.
Militareffecten-Fabrik, Solingen,
Germany. dov — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Waffenwerke Brunn,
dma — WW-II German ordnance code Vsetin, Czechoslovakia.
assigned to Heeresmunitionsanstalt u.
Geschosswerkstatt, Zeithain, dow — WW-II German ordnance code
Germany. assigned to Waffenwerke Brunn,
Prerau, Czechoslovakia (Optotechnica
dmk — WW-II German ordnance code AG).
assigned to Ilseder Hutte, Peiner,
Germany. dox — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Waffenwerke Brunn,
dmo — WW-II German ordnance code Podbrezova, Czechoslovakia.
assigned to Auto-Union, Chemnitz,
Czechoslovakia. dph — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to I.G. Farbenindustrie AG,
dmy — WW-II German ordnance code Autogen plant, Frankfurt, Germany.
assigned to Fritz Werner, Berlin-
Marienfeld, Germany. dpk — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Hagenuk, Berlin-Tempel-
dn — WW-II German ordnance code hof, Germany.
assigned to Vereingte Deutsche
Nickelwerke, Laband, Germany. dpl — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Remo Gewehrfabrik,
Gebruder Rempt, Suhl, Germany.
dnf — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Rheinische-Westfalische
dpm — WW-II German ordnance code
Sprengstoff AG, Stadeln near Nurn-
assigned to Poldi-Hutte, Komotau,
berg, Germany.
Sedeten, Germany.
dnh — WW-II German ordnance code dps — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Rheinische-Westfalische assigned to Auto-Union, Mittweida,
Sprengstoff AG, Durlach, Germany. Germany.
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dpu duw
dpu — WW-II German ordnance code dta — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Schlothauer GmbH, assigned to A. Waldhausen, Inhaber
Metallwaren, Ruhla, Germany. M. Bruchmann, Sattler u. Koffer-
fabrik, Cologne, Germany.
dpw — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Zeiss-Ikon, Gorz plant, dtu — WW-II German ordnance code
Berlin-Zehlendorf, Germany. assigned to GJ. Ensink & Co.,
Spezialfabrik fur Militarausrustung,
dpx — WW-II German ordnance code Ohrdruf, Germany.
assigned to Zeiss-Ikon, Stuttgart,
Germany. dtv — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to C. Otto Gehrkens, Leder
DREADNAUGHT — Trademark used u. Riemenwerke, Pinneberg, Germany.
ca. 1880. DUAN — Tradename of Fernando
Ormachea on handguns.
DREADNAUGHT — Tradename on
revolvers from Antonio Errasti DU BIEL ARMS CO. — Current
(Spain). manufacturer of sporting rifles in
Sherman, Texas.
DREYSE — Tradename of Rheinische
Metallwaren und Maschinenfabrik on DUCO — Tradename used by Fs.
pistols. Dumoulin et Cie.
D2R.G:M. — Abbreviation for DUMOULIN FRERES ET CIE. —

Deutsches Reichs-Gerrauchs Muster Manufacturers of firearms in Liege,
(German registered design). Belgium from 1849.
DRULOV — Tradename on Czech dun — WW-II German ordnance code

target pistols marketed by Omnipol. assigned to Poldi Hutte, Kladno,
Czechoslovakia.
drv — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to HASAG, Tschenstochau. DUNLAP SPECIAL — ‘Tradename
used by Dunlap Hardware Co. of
DSCHULLNIG — Tradename on rifles Macon, Ga. on arms made by Davis-
imported by Firearms Center of Warner Arms Corp.
Spokane, Wash.; guns are made in
Austria. DUO — Tradename of Fr. Dusek on
pistols (Czechoslovakia).
dsh — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Ingenieur F. Janecek, DUPLEX — ‘Tradename used by
Gewehrfabrik, Prague, Czecho- Osgood Gun Works of Norwich,
slovakia. Conn. on revolvers, ca. 1882.
duv — WW-II German ordnance code

dsj — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to _ Berliner-Lubecker
assigned to WAMA Metallwerke,
Maschinenfabrik, Lubeck plant,
Oberlungwitz, Germany.
Germany.
dsx — WW-II German ordnance code duw — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Rochling-Buderus, Wetzlar, assigned to Deutsche Rohrwerk AG,
Germany. Mulheim, Germany.
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dvr ebf
dvr — WW-II German ordnance code assigned to Mechanoptik-Gesellschaft

assigned to Johann Prohlich, Leder- fur Prazisionstechnik, Aude & Reipe,
warenfabrik, Vienna, Austria. Babelsberg, Germany.
dvu — WW-II German ordnance code EAGLE — Tradename used on re-

assigned to Schichau, Elbing. volvers by Iver Johnson, ca. 1880.
dwm — WW-II German ordnance code EAGLE GUN CO. — Carbine manu-
assigned to Deutsche Waffen u. facturer in Stratford, Conn., ca.
Munitiounswerke, Berlin-Borsigwalde, 1965.
Germany.
eah — WW-II German ordnance code
D.W.M. — Abbreviation for Deutsche assigned to Bruninghaus, Werdohl,
Waffen und Munitionsfabriken. Germany.
dxs — WW-II German ordnance code eak — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Thyssen, Duisburg- assigned to Deutsche Werke Kiel,
Hamborn, Germany. Germany.
dye — WW-II German ordnance code ean — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Ed. Pitschmann, Pyro- assigned to Eisen- u. Metallwerke,
technik, Innsbruck, Austria. Lippstadt, Germany.
dym — WW-II German ordnance code EARLHOOD — ‘Tradename on re-

assigned to Runge & Kaulfuss, volvers made by E.L. Dickinson Co.,
Rathenow, Germany. ca 1880.
dyq — WW-II German ordnance code EARTHQUAKE — Tradename on re-

assigned to DEW, Werdohl plant, volvers made by E.L. Dickinson,
Germany. ca. 1880.
dza — WW-II German ordnance code EASTERN — Tradename used by J.

assigned to Bleiwerke Dr. Schulcke, Stevens Arms Co. on shotguns.
Hamburg, Germany.
EASTERN ARMS CO. — Tradename
dzl — WW-II German ordnance code used by Sears, Roebuck & Co. on
assigned to Optische Anstalt Oigee, revolvers made by Meriden Firearms.
Berlin, Germany.
EKASTFIELD — Tradename used by
dzw — WW-II German ordnance code Smith & Wesson on shotguns.
assigned to Metallwerke v. Galkowsky
& Kielblock, Finow. eba — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Scharfenberg & Teubert
1D GmbH, Metallwarenfabrik, Breitungen.
E.A. — Abbreviation for Echave y ebf — WW-II German ordnance code

Arizmendi of Eibar, Spain. assigned to Huttenwerke Siegerland,
Charlottenhutte plant, Wiederschel-
eaf — WW-II German ordnance code den.
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ecc ELECTRIQUE
ecc — WW-II German ordnance code eel — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Oskar Lunig, Pyrotech- assigned to Metallwarenfabrik Wissner.
nische Fabrik, Mohringen.
eem — WW-II German ordnance code
ecd — WW-II German ordnance code assigned to Selve-Kornbiegel, Dorn-
assigned to Graf Lippold, Pyrotech- heim AG, Munitionsfabrik.
nische Fabrik, Wuppertal-Elberfeld.
eeo — WW-II German ordnance code
ECHASA — Tradename of Echave, assigned to Deutsche Waffen- u.
Arizmendi y Cia. on pistols. Munitionsfabriken AG, Posen plant.
ECKO — Tradename of Emil Eckoldt eey — WW-II German ordnance code

Waffenfabrik of Suhl, Germany on assigned to Metallwarenfabrik
rifles, 1923-39. Treuenfrietzen GmbH, Roderhof
plant.
ECLIPSE — Tradename on pistols
made by Johnson, Bye & Co., ca. egy — WW-II German ordnance code
1875. assigned to Ing. Fr. August Pfeffer,
Oberlind, Thuringia.
edg — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to J.A. Henckels, Zwillings- EIG — Importers of small pistols and
werke, Solingen, Germany. revolvers in Miami, Fla. about 1967.
edk — WW-II German ordnance code 84 GUN CO. — Importer of sporting

assigned to Auto-Union, Zschoppau arms in Eighty-Four, Pa., ca. 1973.
plant, Saxony.
eky — WW-II German ordnance code
edq — Deutsche Waffen- U. Munitions- assigned to Volkswagenwerk, Wolfs-
werke AG, Lubeck-Schlutrup, burg.
Germany.
EL CANO -— Tradename used by
eds — WW-II German ordnance code Arana y Cia. on revolvers.
assigned to Zundapp, Nurnberg,
Germany. EL CID — Tradename of Casmiro
Santos on pistols.
eed — WW-II German ordnance code ELDORADO — Tradename on shot-

assigned to Gewehr- U. Fahrradteil- guns imported from Spain by Hy-
fabrik H. Weirach, Zella-Mehlis, Score Arms Corp.
Germany.
ELECTOR — Tradename on revolvers
made by Hopkins & Allen, ca. 1880.
eeg — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Hermann Weirach, ELECTRIC — Tradename on re-
Gewebhr- u. Fahrradteilfabrik. volvers made by Forehand & Wads-
worth, ca. 1880.
eej — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Markisches Walzwerk, ELECTRIQUE — Tradename used on
Stausgberg, district Potsdam, electrically fired guns made by
Germany. SMFM, ca. 1965.
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ELECTROARM eqf
ELECTROARM — ‘Tradename on Co. and distributed by H & D

electric free pistols made by Inde- Folsom.
pendent Research & Development,
Inc. of San Antonio, Tex., ca. 1971. EMPIRE ARMS CO. — Tradename
on shotguns made for Sears, Roe-
11.25M/M AUT. PISTOL M/1914 — buck & Co. by Crescent Fire Arms
Marking on .45 acp Colt M1911 Co.
pistol copy made by Kongsberg
Vapenfabriks, in Kongsberg, Norway. EMPIRE STATE — Tradename used
by H & D Folsom on revolvers made
elg — WW-II German ordnance code by Meriden Firearms Co.
assigned to WASAG, Elsnig plant.
EMPRESS — Tradename used by
EL GAMO — Tradename on sporting Jacob Rupertus on revolvers, ca.
arms made near Barcelona, Spain 1880.
since about 1970.
emq — WW-II German ordnance code
ELGIN ARMS CO. — Tradename of assigned to Karl Zeiss, Jena.
Fred Bifflar & Co. of Chicago, Ill.
on shotguns made by Crescent Fire emu — WW-II German ordnance code
Arms Co. assigned to Mathe Uhrenfabrik,
Schwenningen, Germany.
ELITE — Tradename of Mre. d’Armes
des Pyrenees on pistols. ENDERS OAKLEAF — Tradename
used by Shapleigh Hardware Co. of
ELLUNAR LEBEL RAPIDE — Trade- St. Louis, Mo. on shotguns made by
name used on revolvers by Garate, Crescent Fire Arms Co.
Anitua y Cia.
ENDERS ROYAL SERVICE — Trade-
EL PERRO —Tradename of Lascurarin name used by Shapleigh Hardware
y Olasolo of Kibar, Spain on pistols. Co. of St. Louis, Mo. on shotguns
made by Crescent Fire Arms Co.
E.M.F. — Abbreviation and tradename
for Early and Modern Firearms Corp., ENFORCER — Tradename and model
a current manufacturer and importer designation of Universal Sporting
of blackpowder and cartridge arms in Goods on M-1 carbine pistol.
Studio City, Calif.
ENTERPRISE — Tradename on re-
EM-GE — Tradename used on revolvers made by the Enterprise Gun
volvers by Gerstenberger & Eberwein. Works, Pittsburgh, Pa., ca. 1875.
emp — WW-II German ordnance code enz — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Dynamit AG (Alfred assigned to Enzesfelder Metallwerk,
Nobel & Co.), Empelde plant. Enzesfeld plant, Vienna, Austria.
EMPIRE — Tradename on spur trigger eom — WW-II German ordnance code

revolvers made by Jacob Rupertus, assigned to H. Huck, Metallwaren-
ca. 1880. fabrik, Nurnberg, Germany.
EMPIRE ARMS — Tradename on eqf — WW-II German ordnance code

revolvers made by Meriden Arms assigned to Karl Bocker, Lederwaren-
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ERA EXPRESS
fabrik, Waldbrohl, Rheinland, ETNA — Tradename of Santigo

Germany. Salaberrin of Ermua, Spain on
pistols.
ERA — Tradename used by F.LE.
on shotguns. ETXEZARRAGA Y ABAITUA —
Pistol manufacturers in Eibar, Spain,
erg — WW-II German ordnance code Can Lu2o:
assigned to A. Doppert, Treibriemen-
fabrik, Kitzingen. eue — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Otto Reichel, Inh.
ERIKA — Tradename of Firma Pfannl Rudolf Fischer, Lederwarenfabrik,
on pistols. Lengfeld, Erzgebirge.
ERMA — Tradename of Erfurter eug — WW-II German ordnance code

Maschinen u. Werkzeugfabrik of assigned,to Optische Prazisionswerke
Erfurt, Germany prior to WW II, GmbH, Warsaw, Poland.
now Erma-Werke of Dachua, West
Germany. EUSARO — Tradename on revolvers
from Esprin Hermanos.
ESMIT — Tradename used by Hijos
de Juan Arrizabalaga of Eibar, Spain ews — WW-II German ordnance code
on revolvers. assigned to Skodawerke, Konigsgratz
plant, Czechoslovakia.
eso — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Optische Werke G. ewx — WW-II German ordnance code
Rodenstock, Munich, Germany. assigned to Franz u. Karl Vogels,
Lederwarenfabrik, Cologne,
ESPECIAL & Tradename of Hijos Germany.
de C. Arrizabalaga on pistols.
EXCAM — Current importers in
ESPERANZA Y UNCETA — See Hialeah, Fla.
Astra.
EXCEL — Tradename used by Iver
ESSEX — Tradename used by Belknap Johnson.
Hardware Co. of Louisville, Ky. on
shotguns made by Crescent Fire EXCELSIOR — Tradename on re-
Arms Co. volvers from Norwich Falls Pistol
Co., ca. 1880.
ESSEX — Tradename used by J.
Stevens Arms Co. on rifles and shot- exd — WW-II German ordnance code
guns. assigned to Auto-Union, Audi Plant.
ESSEX ARMS CORP. — Manufacturers exp — WW-II German ordnance code

of M1911 type pistols and frames assigned to Hans Kollmorgen,
since 1970 in Island Pond, Vt. Optische Anstalt, Berlin, Germany.
ESTRELLA — Tradename of Boni- EXPERT RIFLE — Tradename used

facio Echeverria on pistols. by Witte Hardware Co. of St. Louis,
Mo.
etb — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Steubing & Co., Graslitz, EXPRESS — Tradename on revolvers
Sudeten, Germany. made by Bacon Arms Co., ca. 1880.
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EXPRESS FAULTLESS GOOSE GUN
EXPRESS — Tradename used by FALCON — Tradename used on

Tomas de Urizar y Cia. on pistols. pistols by the SPESCO Corp. on
.25’s imported from West Germany.
exs — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Skodawerke, Koniggratz, FALCON — Tradename used by
Czechoslovakia. Astra-Unceta y Cia. on the Model
4000 pistol, calibers 9mm and 7.65
exw — WW-II German ordnance code Parabellum.
assigned to Metallwerke Holleischen,
Kreis Mies, Sudeten Germany. FALCON — Tradename used by
American Import Co. of San Fran-
cisco, Calif. on shotguns imported
from Spain.
F
FALLING BLOCK WORKS — Manu-
facturer of single shot rifle actions in
fa — WW-II German ordnance code Troy, Mich., ca. 1972.
assigned to Mansfeld AG, Hettstedt,
Sudharz, Germany. FAMAE — Tradename of Fab. de
Material de Guerra del Ejercito of
F.A. — Abbreviation for Francisco Santiago, Chile on pistols.
Arizmendi on handguns.
FAR — Tradename of Soc. Anon. des
faa — WW-II German ordnance code Fab. D’Armes Reunies on pistols.
assigned to Deutsche Waffen- u.
Munitionsfabriken AG, Karlsruhe, FAST -— ‘Tradename of Echave,
Germany. Arizmendi y Cia. on pistols.
F.A.B. — Tradename used by Rohm FABRIQUE D’ARMES UNIES DE

on revolvers. LIEGE — Manufacturer of pistols in
Liege, Belgium 1923-28.
FAB. DE ARMAS ZARAGOZA —
Maker of “Corla”’ pistols in Zaragoza, FARROW ARMS CO. — Manufacturer
Mexico. of rifles starting in Holyoke, Mass.
in 1886, then moving to Memphis,
FABRICA NACIONAL DE ARMAS Tenn. in 1890, Mason, Tenn. in 1891,
MEXICO — Manufacturer of military Washington, D.C. in 1896, and West
arms in Mexico City from about Palm Beach, Fla. in 1910 until
1923. Maker of Obregon pistols. about 1930.
FABRIQUE NATIONAL D’ARMES FARWELL ARMS CO. — Tradename

DE GUERRE — See F.N. used by Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk & Co.
of St. Paul, Minn.
F.A.G. — Abbreviation for F.
Arizmendi y Goenaga of Eibar, FAULTLESS — Tradename on shot-
Spain. guns used by John M. Smythe Hdw.
Co. of Chicago, Il]. made by Crescent
FAL — Abbreviation for Fusil Auto- Fire Arms Co.
matique Legere, a rifle made by, or
under license from, F.N. FAULTLESS GOOSE GUN -— Trade-
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FAVORITE FINNISH LION
name on shotguns used by John M. FEDERAL ORDNANCE — Importer

Smythe Hdw. Co. of Chicago, IIl., and distributor in South El Monte,
made by Crescent Fire Arms Co. Calif.
FAVORITE — Tradename on re- FED ORD — Tradename of Federal

volvers from Johnson, Bye & Co., Ordnance.
ca. 1875.
fee — WW-II German ordnance code
FAVORITE NAVY — Tradename on assigned to Augsburger Waagenfabrik,
revolvers made by Johnson, Bye & Ludwig Pfisterer, Augsburg.
Co., ca. 1875.
FEMARU — _ Femaru _ Fegyver-es
fb — WW-II German ordnance code Gepyar, manufacturer of Hungarian
assigned to Mansfeld AG, Rothen- military pistols.
burg plant, Saale, Germany.
fer — WW-II German ordnance code
FB — Abbreviation for the model assigned to Metallwerke Wandhofen,
‘Frommer Baby” pistol made by Schwerte, Westphalia, Germany.
Fegyver es Gepgyar Reszvenytarsasag.
FERLACH — City in Austria and
FB — Abbreviation for Fabryka Broni tradename used by that city’s gun-
on Radom pistols. makers, the Genossenschaft der
Buchsenmachermeister.
F.B.W. — Abbreviation for Falling
Block Works on single shot rifles FERUNION — Current export house
made in Troy, Mich., ca. 1972. handling arms made in Hungary,
located in Budapest.
fe — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Mansfeld AG, Alstedt F.I. — Abbreviation of Firearms
plant, Thuringia, Germany. International.
feo — WW-II German ordnance code F.I.E. — Abbreviation and _trade-

assigned to Sendlinger Optische name for Firearms Import and Ex-
Glaswerke GmbH, Berlin-Zehlendorf, port Corp. in current operation in
Germany. Miami, Fla. Manufacturers and dis-
tributors of both cartridge and black-
fd — WW-II German ordnance code powder arms.
assigned to Stolberger Metallwerke
AG (Asten, Lynen & Shcleicher),
Stolberg, Germany. FIEL — Tradename of Erquiaga,
Maguruza y Cia. on handguns.
fde — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Dynamit AG (Alfred FINLANDIA FIREARMS — _ In-
Nobel & Co.), Forde plant. porters of Tikka arms in Sherman
Oaks, Calif., ca. 1969.
FEDERAL ARMS — Tradename used
by Sears, Roebuck & Co. on re- FINNISH LION — Tradename on
volvers made by Meriden Firearms target rifles made by Valmet of
Co. Finland.
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FIREARMS CENTER INC. FRANZ STOCK
FIREARMS CENTER, INC. — Im- FORJAS TAURUS S.A. — Current

porters since about 1971 in Spokane, manufacturer of revolvers in P.
Wash. Alegre, Brazil under the tradename
“Taurus.
FIREARMS INTERNATIONAL — Im-
porters in Washington, D.C., taken FOSTER, JAS. H. & CO. —Tradename
over by Garcia Sporting Arms about on shotguns made by F.J. Abbey &
1970. Co. of Chicago, Ill., ca. 1878.
FIREARMS SPECIALTIES — Manu- FORTUNA — Tradename of Unceta

facturer of 45/70 revolvers in y Cia. (Astra) on pistols.
Owosso, Mich., ca. 1972.
FORTUNA WERKE — Current manu-
fkx — WW-II German ordnance code facturer of sporting arms in Suhl,
assigned to Gustav Sudbrack, Leder- East Germany.
waren u. Gamaschenfabrik, Bielefeld.
42 — WW-II German ordnance code
F.L. SELBSTLADER — Tradename of assigned to Mauser-Werke, Oberndorf
Fritz Langenhan on pistols. am Neckar, Germany. Some authori-
ties claim that up until 1937 this
F.M.A.P. — Abbreviation for Fabrica code was used by Simson & Co. of
Militar de Armas Portatiles of Suhl, Germany, but this is unproven.
Rosario, Argentina on pistols.
F.M.G. — Abbreviation for Fab. de assigned to Carl Walther, Zella-Mehlis,
Material de Guerra KEjercito of Germany.
Santiago, Chile on pistols.
FOX — Tradename of Ceska Zbrojovka
F.N. — Abbreviation for Fabrique on pistols.
National d’Arms de Guerre, Herstal,
Belgium from 1889 to date. Manu- fpx — WW-II German ordnance code
facturers of sporting and military assigned to Schaffer & Budenberg,
arms, primarily known for its Magdeburg-Buckau, Germany.
Browning designed weapons, and in
the U.S. for guns labeled ‘“‘Browning.”’ fqn — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Vereinigte Leichtmetall-
fnh — WW-II German ordnance code werke, Hannover-Linden, Germany.
assigned to Bohmische Waffenfabrik,
Strkonitz plant, Prague, Czecho- fra — WW-II German ordnance code
slovakia. assigned to Draht- und Metallwaren-
fabrik GmbH, Salzwedel.
FORBES, F.F. — Tradename used by
H & D Folsom on shotguns made by FRANCAISE — Tradename of Mre.
Crescent Fire Arms Co. d’Armes Automatiques Francaise,
not to be confused with Le Francaise.
FORENADE FAVRIK VERKEN —
FRANKLIN, C.W. — Tradename used
See FFV.
by H & D Folsom on shotguns im-
ported from Belgium.
FOREVER YOURS — Tradename on
shotguns imported by Flaig’s Lodge, FRANZ STOCK — See STOCK,
Millvale, Pa. FRANZ.
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FRATELLI GAMBA fxp
FRATELLI GAMBA — Current manu- FUJISEIKI SEISAKUSHO CO. LTD.

facturer of sporting arms in Brescia, — Shotgun manufacturer in Okazaki
Italy. City, Japan.
FREELAND, AL — Current importer FUROR —Tradename of Mre. d’Armes

in Rock Island, Ill. of target arms. des Pyrenees on pistols.
FROMMER ~— Tradename of Fegyver- FURTSCHEGGER — Manufacturer of

es Gepygar Reszvenytarsasag, later sporting arms in Kufstein, Austria,
Femaru Fegyver-es Gepyar on pistols. currently making arms for Waffen
Frankonia.
FRONTIER — Tradename used on re-
volvers made by Norwich Falls Pistol FURY — Tradename used by L.A.
Co., ca. 1880. Distributors, ca. 1969 on pistols.
FRONTIER BULLDOG — Tradename

fuu — WW-II German ordnance code
on revolvers from Fabrique National
assigned to Strube GmbH, subsidiary
d’Armes de Guerre (Belgium).
of Polte, Magdeburg, Germany.
FRONTIER BULLDOG — Tradename

on revolvers from Fab. d’Armes de fva — WW-II German ordnance code
Guerre. assigned to Draht- u. Metallwaren-
fabrik GmbH, Salzwedel.
FRONTIER DERRINGER — Trade-
name used by Hy Hunter of Burbank, fwh — WW-II German ordnance code
Calif., ca. 1960. assigned to Norddreutsche Maschinen-
fabrik GmbH, main office, Berlin,
frp — WW-II German ordnance code Germany.
assigned to Stahlwerke Harkot-
Eicken, Hagen, Westphalia, Germany.
fwr — WW-II German ordnance code
FRYBERG, ANDREW & CO. — Re- assigned to Optische Anstalt Saalfeld
volver maker in Hopkintown, Mass., GmbH, Saalfeld.
ca. 1905.
fwz — WW-II German ordnance code
FS — Abbreviation on grips for the assigned to Eisen- u. Emaillierwerke
model “Frommer Stop”’ pistol made Wilhelmshutte, Sprottau-
by Fegyver es Gepgyar Esszveny- Wilhelmshutte.
tarsasag.
fxa — WW-II German ordnance code
fsx — WW-II German ordnance code assigned to Eisenacher Karosseriewerk
assigned to Albin Scholle, Leder- Assman GmbH, Eisenach.
warenfabrik, Zeitz.
ftc — WW-II German ordnance code

fxo — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Frost & Jahnel, Breslau, assigned to C.G. Haenel, Waffen-
Czechoslovakia. u. Fahrradfabrik, Suhl, Germany.
fue — WW-II German ordnance code fxp — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Skodawerke, machine assigned to Hans Kollmorgen,
shop, Dubnica plant, Czechoslovakia. Optische Anstalt, Berlin.
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fyd GEM
fyd — WW-II German ordnance code volvers made by Hopkins & Allen,
assigned to Skodawerke, Adamsthal ca. 1880.
plant.
GARRUCHA — Tradename on double-
fze — WW-II German ordnance code barrel pistols made by Amadeo
assigned to Waffenfabrik Holler, Rossi of Sao Leopoldo, Brazil.
Solingen, Germany.
gau — WW-II German ordnance code
fzs — WW-II German ordnance code assigned to Sudhaus & Sohne,
assigned to Waffenfabrik Heinrich Iserlohn.
Krieghoff, Suhl, Germany.
GAULOIS — Tradename of Mre.
Francaise d’Armes et Cycles de
St. Etienne on pistols.
G
gb — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Vereinigte N. Werke,
ga — WW-II German ordnance code Schwerte
assigned to Hirsch, Kupfer- u.
Messingwerk AG, Finow. gbv — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Witte & Co., Velbert.
G.A.C. FIREARMS MFG. CO. —
Tradename on Spanish _ revolvers gcw — WW-II German ordnance code
possibly referring to Garate-Anitua assigned to Gohring-hebenstreit,
Cia. Radebeul near Dresden, Germany.
GALEF, J. L. & SON — Current im-
gcx — WW-II German ordnance code
porter of sporting arms in N.Y.C.
assigned to Karl Brettschneider,
Mahr.-Schonberg.
GALESI — Tradename for Industria
Armi Galesi on pistols.
GEBR. MAUSER ET CIE. — See
Mauser Werke Ag.
GALLIA — Purported to be trade-
name of Mre. d’Armes des Pyrenees
GEBRUDER REMPT — Manufacturer
on pistols.
of sporting arms in Suhl, Germany
from 1865 to about 1940. Best
GALLUS — Tradename of Retolaza known for ‘“‘Remo” rifles.
Hermanos of Eibar, Spain on pistols.
GECADO -— Tradename of G.C.
GAMBA, RENATO — Sporting arms
Dornheim, Suhl, Germany.
manufacturer in Brescia, Italy since
1974. GECO — Tradename of August
Genschow.
GAME GETTER — Tradename of
Marble Arms & Mfg. Co., ca. 1908. G & E — Abbreviation for Gersten-
berger & Eberwein on revolvers.
gaq — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Otto Stephan, Leder- u. GEM — Tradename used on pistols,
Lederwarenfabrik, Muhlhausen. ca. 1870 marketed by Stevens Arms
& Tool Co., and possibly made by
GARRISON — Tradename of re- them. This name is also attributed
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GERATE MENDIBE GOLIAT
to Iver Johnson and Bacon Mfg. Co. gil — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Auto-Union, Spandau
GERATE MENDIBE — Post-WW-II plant, Germany.
manufacturer of sporting arms in
Hibar, Spain. gih — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Rudolph Conte, Nachf.
GERING, H.M. — Pistol maker in Theodor Seibold, Fabrik fur Leder-
the early 1920’s in Arnstadt, waren, Offenbach am, Germany.
Germany; made Leonhardt pistols.
gk — WW-II German ordnance code
GERSTENBERGER & EBERWEIN — assigned to Mansfeld AG, Hettstedt,
Manufacturer of handguns in Gussen- Sudharz.
stadt, West Germany.
GLADIATOR — Tradename used by
geu — WW-II German ordnance code Sears, Roebuck & Co.
assigned to Juhbier & Co., Prazisions-
presgtucke, Wipperfurth. GLASER, W. WAFFEN — Manufac-
turer, importer, and distributor in
GEVARM — Tradename used by Zurich, Switzerland since 1866.
Gevelot in Paris, France.
GLENFIELD — Tradename of Marlin
gfg — WW-II German ordnance code Firearms, in current production.
assigned to Karl Hepting & Co.,
Leder- u. Gurtelfabrik, Stuttgart, GLORIA — Tradename of Gregorio
Germany. Bolumburu of Eibar, Spain on pistols.
ggb — WW-II German ordnance code G.M. — Abbreviation on sporting arms

assigned to I.G. Konigshutte u. made in Ejibar, Spain by Gerate
Laurahutte Kattowatz, main office, Mendibe & Co., post-WW-II.
Rochling, Konigshutte.
gmo — WW-II German ordnance code
G.H. — Abbreviation for Guisasola assigned to Rahm & Kampmann,
Hermanos of Eibar, Spain on re- Lederwarenfabrik, Kaiserslautern
volvers. plant.
G & H — Abbreviation for Griffen & gn — WW-II German ordnance code

Howe. assigned to Aug. Wellner, Aue,
Saxony.
ghf — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Fritz Kiess & Co., GmbH,
Waffenfabrik, Suhl, Germany. GOLDEN EAGLE — Tradename used
on arms made in Japan by Nikko
ghp — WW-II German ordnance code Arms Co. Ltd.
assigned to Ruf & Co., Optische
Werke Kassel, Hessen-Nassau, GOLD RUSH — Tradename on
Germany. derringers imported by Hy Hunter of
Burbank, Calif., ca. 1960.
GIBRALTER — Tradename of Sears,
Roebuck & Co. on_ revolvers
probably made by Meriden Firearms GOLIAT — Tradename on revolvers
Co. from Antonio Eryrasti.
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GOOSE GUN guy
GOOSE GUN — Tradename on shot- assigned to Rheinmetall-Borsig,

guns from J. Stevens Arms Co. branch-office Liege, operated by
Loewen (S.A. des Ateliers de la
GRANT HAMMOND MFG. CORP. — Dyle), Belgium.
New Haven, Conn. 1915-17, auto
pistol maker. gsc — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to S.A. Belge des Mecanique
GRANT, STEVEN & SONS — Manu- et de L’Armement, Monceau-sur-
facturer of sporting arms in London, Sambre, Belgium.
England 1841 until merger with
Charles Lancaster & Co. and Lang & gtb — WW-II German ordnance code
Hussey to form Joseph Lang & Co. assigned to J.F. Hisfeld GmbH,
Pulver- u. Pyrotechnische Fabriken,
GRANT, W.L. — Tradename on re- Guntersberge plant.
volvers made by D.D. Cone.
GUARDIAN — Tradename on re-
GREAT WESTERN GUN WORKS — volvers made by Bacon Arms Co.,
Distributors, importers and manu- ca. 1880.
facturers of firearms from 1865 to
about 1920 in Pittsburgh, Pa. GUARDIAN — Tradename used on re-
volvers by F.IE., ca. 1970.
GREENFIELD — Tradename used by
Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett Co. of gug — WW-II German ordnance code
Chicago, III. assigned to Ungarische Optische
Werke AG, Budapest, Hungary.
GREY EAGLE — Tradename used by
American Import Co. on shotguns guj) — WW-II German ordnance code
made in Italy by Zoli. assigned to Werner D. Kuhn, Optische
Industrie, Berlin-Steglitz, Germany.
GREY EAGLE — Tradename used by
American Import Co. on shotguns gum — WW-II German ordnance code
made in U.S.S.R. assigned to Bergisch-Markische Eisen-
werke, Velbert, Rheinland, Germany.
GREYHAWK ARMS CORP. — South
El Monte, Calif. Makers of single GUNTHER, S. — Pre-WW-II manu-
shot rifles, ca. 1975. facturer of sporting arms in Suhl,
Germany.
GRIFFEN & HOWE — Custom gun-
makers in N.Y.C. from 1923. GUSTLOFF-WERKE — Manufacturer
Absorbed by Abercrombie & Fitch of pistols and military arms in Suhl,
in 1930.
Germany from about 1938 to 1945.
GROSS ARMS CO. — Revolver maker
gut — WW-II German ordnance code
in Tiffin, Ohio 1862-65.
assigned to Walter Schurmann & Co.,
Lederwarenfabrik, Bielefeld.
grz — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Gebr. Kruger, Leder- guy — WW-II German ordnance code
warenfabrik, Breslau, Czechoslovakia. assigned to Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik
Oelikon, Buhrle & Co., Zurich,
gsb — WW-II German ordnance code Switzerland.
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gvJ HANSCOMB HDW.CO.
gv) — WW-II German ordnance code means “‘Army Storage Arsenal.”

assigned to Ruhrstahl AG, Gelsen-
kirchen. HAERENS TQ JHUS — Marking on
Bayard/Bergmann pistols made by
gxy — WW-II German ordnance code Anciens Etablissments Pieper under
assigned to Klinge, Lederwarenfabrik, Danish contract. Mark means ‘“‘Royal
Dresden-Lobtau, Germany. Army.”
gyf — WW-II German ordnance code HAFDASA — Tradename of Hispano

assigned to DEW, Bochum plant. Argentina Fab. de Automoviles.
gyo — WW-II German ordnance code HALBE & GERLICH — Manufactur-

assigned to Hans Dinkelmaeyer, ers of arms and ammunition in
Lederwarenfabrik, Nurnberg, Hamburg, Germany from 1922.
Germany.
HALCON — Tradename on _ .22
GYOSELEM — Tradename on rifles rifles of Metalurgica Centro in
from Ferunion. Argentina.
gzf — WW-II German ordnance code HALF-BREED — Tradename on re-

assigned to Westfalische Eisen- u. volvers made by Hopkins & Allen,
Bleckwarenwerke, Siegen, Germany. ca. 1880.
HALGER — Tradename of Halbe &
H Gerlich of Hamburg, Germany.
ham — WW-II German ordnance code

ha — WW-II German ordnance code assigned to Dynamit AG (Alfred
assigned to Treuenbrietzen Metall- Nobel & Co.), Hamm plant.
warenfabrik GmbH, Sebaldushof
plant. HAMILTON — Tradename of Torssin
& Son on pistols.
H. & A. — Tradename and abbrevia-
tion for Hopkins & Allen.
HAMILTON RIFLE CO. — Rifle
HAENEL, C.G. WAFFEN UND maker in Plymouth, Mich. from
FAHRRADFABRIK — Manufacturers about 1925 to 1932.
of sporting and military firearms in
Suhl, Germany from 1840 until HAMMERLI — Lenzburg, Switzerland
1945 when it became Ernst Thalman- from about 1922 to date; makers of
Werk VEB. target firearms.
HAENEL-Schmeisser — Tradename of
HANDY GUN — Tradename used by
C.G. Haenel Waffen und Fahrrad-
Harrington & Richardson on shotgun-
fabrik.
pistols.
HAERENS RUSTKAMMER — Mark-
ing on Bayard/Bergmann pistols HANSCOMB HDW. CO. — Tradename
made by Anciens KEtablissments used by company of the same name
Pieper under Danish contract, mark in Haverhill, Mass.
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HARD PAN HELFRICHT & FISCHER
HARD PAN — Tradename on re- hbu — WW-II German ordnance code

volvers used by Hood Firearms Co., assigned to Heinrich List, Elektro-
ca. 1875. technik u. Mechanik, Teltow &
Steglitz.
HARRINGTON & RICHARDSON —
Gunmakers in Worcester, Mass. since hck — WW-II German ordnance code
1874. Successors to Wesson & assigned to Georg A. Lerch GmbH,
Harrington. Manufacturers of sport- Lederwaren u. Stanzwerk, Mettman,
ing and military arms now located in Rheinland, Germany.
Gardner, Mass.
H & D — Abbreviation for Henrion
HARRISON ARMS CO. — Tradename & Dassy of Liege, Belgium, ca. 1900.
used by Sickles & Preston of Daven-
port, Iowa on shotguns imported H.D.H. — Abbreviation for Henrion,
from Belgium. Dassy et Heuschen of Liege, Belgium,
ca. 1910.
HARTFORD ARMS & EQUIPMENT
CO. — Manufacturer of handguns in hdt — WW-II German ordnance code
Hartford, Conn. from 1929 until assigned to Markischer Metallbau,
they were purchased by High Oranienburg.
Standard in 1932.
hdv — WW-II German ordnance code
HARVARD — Tradename used by H assigned to Optische Werke
& D Folsom on shotguns made by Osterrode GmbH, Osterrode, Harz.
Crescent Fire Arms Co.
HEGE WAFFEN — Tradename on
has — WW-II German ordnance code copies of Walther PP marketed in
assigned to Pulverfabrik MHasloch, West Germany by Hebsacker Gesell-
Hasloch on the Main, Germany. schaft, and made by Fegyver es
Gepgyar Resvenytarsasag in Buda-
HASAG — _ ‘Tradename of Hugo pest, Hungary.
Schneider, AG.
HEGE WAFFEN — Tradename used
HAUCK, WILBUR J. — Manufacturer by Hege GmbH & Co. of Schwabisch
of single shot rifles in West Arlington, Hall, West Germany on sporting
Vt., ca. 1950. arms.
HAWES FIREARMS CO. — Current HEIM — Tradename of C.E. Heinzel-

importers located in Van Nuys, mann on sporting arms.
Calif.
HEINZELMANN, C.E. — Gunmaker
HAWES MARSHAL — Tradename on in Plochingen, Wurtemberg, Germany
single action revolvers made for 1921-28. Used the tradename
Hawes by J.P. Sauer & Sohn of West ‘‘Heim.”’
Germany.
HELFRICHT — Tradename of A.
hbg — WW-II German ordnance code Krauser Waffenfabrik on pistols.
assigned to Alfred Schwarz AG,
Metallwerk Frodenburg on the Ruhr, HELFRICHT & FISCHER — Manu-
Kisenach plant, Germany. facturers of sporting arms in Zella-
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HELKRA hhw
Mehlis, Germany from 1933 to werke, Prague, Czechoslovakia.

1940.
HEYM, FRANZ W. — Manufacturer
HELKRA — Tradename of A. Krauser of sporting arms in Suhl, Germany
Waffenfabrik on pistols. from 1934 to 1945, now located in
Munnerstadt, West Germany.
HENRY GUN CO. — Tradename used
on Belgian shotguns, ca. 1900. HEYM GEBRUDER — Manufacturers
of sporting arms in Suhl, Germany
HERCULES — Tradename used by 1922-39.
HEYM, MAX — Manufacturer of
HERCULES — Tradename used by sporting arms in Suhl, Germany
Montgomery Ward & Co. on arms 1934-39.
made by Iver Johnson.
hft — WW-II German ordnance code
HERMETIC — Tradename of assigned to Becker & Co., GmbH,
Bernardon-Martin on pistols. Militar- u. Feuerwehrausrustungen,
Berlin, Germany.
HERMITAGE — Tradename used by
the J. Stevens Arms Co. on their hgs — WW-II German ordnance code
Model 90 shotgun. assigned to W. Gustav Burmeister,
Pyrotechnische Fabrik u. Signal-
HERMITAGE ARMS CO. — Trade- mittelwerk (fireworks and _ pyro-
name of Grey & Dudley Hdw. Co., technics), Hamburg.
Nashville, Tenn. on shotguns made
by Crescent Fire Arms Co. H & H — Tradename and abbreviation
for Holland & Holland.
HERMITAGE GUN CO. — See Hermi-
tage Arms Co. hhe — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Union Gesellschaft f.
HERO — Tradename on revolvers used Metallindustrie, Sils van de Loo &
by Tryon Bros. Co., made by Co., Frodenberg plant.
Rupertus Arms Co., ca. 1880.
hhg — WW-II German ordnance code
HEROLD — Tradename used on rifles assigned to Rheinmetall-Borsig AG,
and pistols by Franz Jager & Co. of Tegel plant.
Suhl, Germany, 1923-39.
hhu — WW-II German ordnance code
HEROLD-REPETIERBUCHSE— assigned to Metallwarenfabrik
Tradename used on rifles made by Schmalkalden.
Franz Jager & Co. of Suhl, Germany
from 1923-39. hhvy — WW-II German ordnance code
HERTERS, INC. — Importers and Nibelungen plant, St. Valentin,
distributors of firearms in Waseca, Austria.
Minn.
hhw — WW-II German ordnance code
hew — WW-II German ordnance code assigned to Metallwerke Silberhutte
assigned to Ing. F. Janecek, Waffen- GmbH, Andreasberg, Harz.
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hhz HOPKINS, C.W.
hhz — WW-II German ordnance code assigned to Metallwarenfabrik

assigned to Rochlingwerke, Volk- Treuenbrietzen GmbH, Belsig plant.
lingen.
hle — WW-II German ordnance code
HIB SPE BAR — Abbreviation and assigned to Metallwarenfabrik
tradename used by Hibbard, Spencer, Treuenbrietzen GmbH, Roderhof
Bartlett Co. of Chicago, Ill. plant.
HIGGINS, J.C. — Tradename of Sears, hlv — WW-II German ordnance code

Roebuck & Co. for firearms made assigned to Maury & Co., Leder-
by various manufacturers. warenfabrik, Offenbach on the Main.
HIJO — Tradename of Industri Armi H & N — MINICRAFT, INC. —

Galesi on pistols. Manufacturer of the Thomas pistol
in Covina, Calif.
HI-SHEAR CORP. — Manufacturer of
the “Omega” rifle, currently located hnx — WW-II German ordnance code
in Torrence, Calif. assigned to Walter KG, Kiel, Kiel
plant and Tannenberg plant.
hjg — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Kimmach & Brunn, HOFFMAN ARMS CO. — Cleveland,
Fabrik fur Heeresausrustung, Kaisers- Ohio, ca. 1925, makers of custom
lautern. rifles.
hjh — WW-II German ordnance code HOLDEN, CYRUS B. — Manufacturer

assigned to Karl Ackva, Lederfabrik, of rifles in Worcester, Mass. 1864
Bad Kreuznach. possibly until 1880.
H.K. — Abbreviation for Heckler & HOLLAND & HOLLAND — London,

Koch. England from 1835, manufacturers
of fine sporting arms.
hkm — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Karl Braun AG, Optische HOLLENBECK, F.A. — Manufacturer
Industrie, Nurnberg. of repeating rifles in Syracuse, N.Y.
1910-11.
hla — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Metallwarenfabrik HOLT, SAM — Tradename used by
Treuenbrietzen GmbH, Sebalddushof Sears, Roebuck & Co. on shotguns.
plant.
HOPKINS & ALLEN — Established in
hlb — WW-II German ordnance code
Norwich, Conn. in 1868, taken over
assigned to Metallwarenfabrik
by Marlin-Rockwell in 1917, and
Treuenbrietzen GmbH, Selterhof
now owned by Numrich Arms Corp.
plant.
and located in West Hurley, N.Y.
Manufacturers of all types of sport-
hle — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Zieh- u. Stanzwerk (wire
ing arms, but best known for their
early revolvers.
pulling and stamping), Schleusingen.
hld — WW-II German ordnance code HOPKINS, C.W. — Tradename used
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HOWA MACHINERY, LTD HY HUNTER CORP.
by Bacon Arms Co., ca. 1875 on HUMMER — Tradename used by Lee

revolvers. Hardware of Salina, Kansas on shot-
guns imported from Belgium.
HOWA MACHINERY, LTD. — Manu-
facturer of sporting and military HUNTER ARMS CO. — Shotgun
arms in Nagoya, Japan since 1940. manufacturer who purchased the
L.C. Smith Gun Co. of Syracuse,
HOWARD ARMS CO. — Tradename N.Y. in 1890, and continued to
on shotguns used by Fred Bifflar & make the L.C. Smith shotgun, along
Co. of Chicago, IIl., made by Cres- with ‘Hunter’ and ‘‘Fulton”’ brand-
cent Fire Arms Co. ed guns. Located in Fulton, N.Y.,
they were taken over by Marlin
HOWARD ARMS CO. — Tradename Firearms in 1948.
used by Meriden Firearms Co. on
revolvers. HUSKY — Tradename used by Trade-
winds of Tacoma, Wash. on Husgq-
H & R — Abbreviation and tradename varna rifles.
for Harrington & Richardson.
HUSQVARNA — Tradename for
hrn — WW-II German ordnance code Husqvarna Vapenfabrik Akiebolag,
assigned to Presswerk Metgethen, makers of a wide range of firearms
East Prussia. since 1867 in Jonkoping, Sweden.
H.S.—Abbreviation for High

Standard on American made fire- H.V. — Abbreviation for Hourat et
arms, and for Herbert Schmidt on Vie. on pistols.
revolvers made in West Germany.
HVA — Abbreviation and tradename
H.S.B. & CO. — Abbreviation for for Husqvarna Vapenfabrik Akitie-
Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. of bolag.
Chicago, Ill., distributors of private-
label arms from various makers.
HW — Abbreviation and tradename
htg — WW-II German ordnance code of Herman Weihrauch Sportwaffen-
assigned to Polte Armaturen- u. fabrik on revolvers made in West
Maschinenfabriken AG, Duderstadt Germany.
plant, Westphalia.
hwd — WW-II German ordnance code
htq — WW-II German ordnance code assigned to Westfalische-Anhaltische
assigned to Junghanswerke, Sprengstoff AG, Herrenwald plant.
Schwenningen plant.
HUBERTUS — Tradename of Imman, H. W-Z — Abbreviation for Hersteller

Meffert Gewehrfabrik, Suhl, Weihrauch, sporting arms manu-
Germany on sporting arms, 1839- facturer in Zella-Mehlis, Germany
1945. 1934-38.
HUDSON -— Tradename used by HY HUNTER CORP. — Importer and

Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett Co. of dealer in Hollywood, Calif. in the
Chicago, Ill. mid-1950’s.
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HYPER-SINGLE INLAND
HYPER-SINGLE PRECISION’ SS I.N.A. — Abbreviation for Industria

RIFLES — Current manufacturer of National de Armas, Sao Paulo,
rifles in Jenks, Okla. Brazil.
HY SCORE ARMS CO. — Importers INDEPENDENT RESEARCH & DE-

in Brooklyn, N.Y. of sporting arms. VELOPMENT, INC. — Manufacturer
of electrically-fired free pistols in
San Antonio, Tex., ca. 1971.
I INDIAN — ‘Tradename on pistols

used by Isidro Gaztanaga.
i — WW-II German ordnance code INDIAN ARMS CORP. — Current
assigned to Astra-Werke, Chemnitz. manufacturer of pistols in Detroit,
Mich.
IAB — Tradename on shotguns made
in Italy for Puccinelli of San INDUNA — Tradename of Industrial
Anselm, Calif. Units (Pty) Ltd. of Johannesburg,
South Africa.
IAB, SpA. — Current manufacturer
of blackpowder and cartridge replica INDUSTRIA ARMI GALESI — Manu-
firearms in Marcheno, Italy. facturer of pistols in Collebeato,
Italy since 1910.
I.A.G. — Abbreviation for Industria
Armi Galesi on pistols. INDUSTRIA NACIONAL DE ARMAS
— Government arms plant in Sao
I.B.M. — Abbreviation for Interna- Paulo, Brazil.
tional Business Machine, manufac-
turer of M-1 Carbines during WW-II INFALLIBLE — Tradename on pistols
at Poughkeepsie, N.Y. manufactured by the Warner Arms
Corp.
IDEAL — Tradename used by Fran-
cisco Arizmendi on pistols.
INGLIS, JOHN CO. — WW-II manu-
facturer of Browning Model 1935
ILLINOIS ARMS CO. — Tradename
used by Friederich Pickert (Germany) 9mm pistols in Toronto, Canada
on revolvers. under license from F.N.
I.M.1I.— Abbreviation for Israeli INGRAM — Tradename on sub-

Military Industries Tel Aviv, Israel. machine guns made by Police
Ordnance Co. of Los Angeles and
IMPERIAL — Tradename on pistols Military Armament Corp. of Ga.
for Tomas de Urizar y Cia.
INHAUSER, CARL — Manufacturer
IMPERIAL — Tradename on pistols of military arms in Vienna, Austria
used by Gregorio Bolumburu. 1922-45.
IMPERIAL ARMS — Tradename on INLAND — A division of General

revolvers from Hopkins & Allen, ca. Motors in Dayton, Ohio that manu-
1880. factured M-1 carbines during WW-II.
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INTERARMCO jan
INTERARMCO — See Interarms. IVER JOHNSON ARMS & CYCLE

WORKS — Manufacturer of sporting
INTERARMS — Importers and manu- arms since it started as Johnson, Bye
facturers of sporting arms since the & Co. in 1871 at Worcester, Mass. In
mid-1950’s in Alexandria, Va. 1883 became Iver Johnson & Co.,
and was again changed to its current
INTERCHANGEABLE — Tradename form in 1884. In 1891 the firm
on shotguns used by Schoverlin-Daley moved to Finchburg, Mass.
& Gales for guns made in Belgium,
ca. 1880. IXOR — Tradename of Mre. d’Armes
des Pyrenees on pistols.
INTERNATIONAL — Tradename
used by E.C. Meacham of St. Louis, IZARRA — Tradename used by
Mo. on revolvers made by Hood Fire- Bonafacio Echevarria.
arms, ca. 1880.
INTERSTATE ARMS CO. — Trade-

name on shotguns used by Townley
Metal & Hdw., Kansas City, Mo.,
J
INVICTA — Tradename on pistols ja — WW-II German ordnance code
used by Santigo Salaberrin. assigned to Schmole, Menden.
IRIS — Tradename used by Orbea JACKRABBIT — Tradename used by

Hermanos. Continental Arms on _ convertible
.44/.410 pistol with shoulder stock,
IROQUOIS — Tradename used by ca. 1960.
Remington Arms Co. on revolvers.
JACKSON ARMS CO. — Tradename
IRWIN-PEDERSEN — Manufacturer used by C.M. McClung & Co. of
of M-1 carbines during WW-II in Knoxville, Tenn. on shotguns made
Grand Rapids, Mich. by Crescent Fire Arms Co.
ISHAPORE — Government small arms JACKSON HOLE RIFLE CO. — Manu-

plant in India. facturer of Take-down rifles in Jack-
son Hole, Wyo., ca. 1970.
ITALGUNS INTERNATIONAL— JAGA — Tradename used by Frantisek

Current manufacturer of sporting Dusek on pistols made in Czecho-
arms in Cusago, Italy. slovakia.
ITHACA GUN CO. — Manufacturer JAGER, FRANZ & CO. — Gunmakers

of sporting arms in Ithaca, N.Y. since in Suhl, Germany from 1923 to
1873. In 1904 they incorporated and 1939.
between 1908 and 1926 they ab-
sorbed Lefever Arms Co., Wilkes jan — WW-II German ordnance code
Barre Gun Co., Union Firearms Co., assigned to Deutsche Versuchsanstalt
and Syracuse Arms Co. fur Luftfahrt, Berlin-Adlerhof.
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JANA INTERNATIONAL CO. jnh
JANA INTERNATIONAL CO.— J.G.L. — Abbreviation for J.G. Land-

Current importers of sporting arms mann, manufacturer of rifles in West
in Denver, Colo. Germany, ca. 1968.
JANCCEK, F. — Small arms maker in jhg — WW-II German ordnance code

Reichenberg and Praha, Czecho- assigned to Gustav Genschow & Co.,
slovakia 1930-39. AG, Lederwarenfabriken, Alstadt-
Hachenburg.
JANSSEN FRERES — Sporting arms
manufacturers in Liege, Belgium jhv — WW-II German ordnance code
1925-39. assigned to Metallwaren, Waffen- und
Maschinenfabrik AG, Budapest, |
jba — WW-II German ordnance code Hungary.
assigned to A. Wunderlich Nachf.,
Fabrik fur Heeresausrustung (factory JIEFFECO — Tradename used by
for military equipment), Berlin- Robar et Cie.
Neukolln.
JINSEN ARSENAL — Japanese small
JEFFERSON — Tradename used by arms plant in Inchon, Korea during
Kodiak Mfg. Co. of North Haven, WW-II.
Conn., ca. 1965.
jkg — WW-II German ordnance code
JEFFERY, W. & SON — Revolver assigned to Konigl. Ungar. Staatliche
makers in Plymouth, England 1866- Eisen-, Stahl- u. Maschinenfabrik,
1929. Budapest, Hungary.
JEFFERY, W.J. & CO. — Manufactur- J-K IMPORTS — Current importers in

er of military and sporting arms in Novato, Calif.
London, England since 1888.
jlij — WW-II German ordnance code
JENKINS SAFETY CATCH GUN CO. assigned to HeeresZeugamt Ingolstadt.
— Shotgun maker in Rock Hill, S.C.,
ca. 1893. jln — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Deutsche Lederwerk-
JEWEL — Tradename on revolvers statten GmbH, Pirmasens, Germany.
J.M. — Tradename and abbreviation of
jfp — WW-II German ordnance code Marlin Firearms Co.
assigned to Dr. Karl Leiss, Optische
Mechanische Instrumente, Berlin- J.M.M. — Tradename and abbreviation
Steglitz. of J.M. Marlin.
jme — WW-II German ordnance code

jfs — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Armeemarinehaus Berlin,
assigned to Junkers, Magdeburg
Berlin-Charlottenburg, Germany.
division.
jnh — WW-II German ordnance code
J.G.A. — Abbreviation and tradename assigned to Hensoldt Werke fur
of J.G. Anschutz Germaniawaffen- Optik ou. Mechanik, Herborn,
fabrik on rifles and revolvers. Dillkreis, Germany.
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J-9
J-9 — Tradename used by Herters on assigned to S.A. Tavaro, Ghent,

rifles made by Zavodi Crvena Zastava Belgium.
of Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
jua — WW-II German ordnance code
jnk — WW-II German ordnance code assigned to Danuvia Waffen- u.
assigned to Conti, Hannover, Germany. Munitionsfabriken AG, Budapest,
Hungary.
jnw — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Eisenwerk Steele, Essen- JUBALA — Tradename used by
Steele, Germany. Larranaga y Elartza.
joa — WW-II German ordnance code JUNIOR — Tradename of Pretoria

assigned to Dresdner Koffer- u. Arms Factory on pistols.
Taschenfabrik, Karl Heinichen,
Dresden, Germany. JUST, JOSEF — Manufacturer of
sporting arms in Ferlach, Austria
JOHNSON, BYE & CO. — See Iver 1919-39.
Johnson.
jut — WW-II German ordnance code
JOHNSTON-TUCKER FIREARMS — assigned to Vereinigte Wiener Metall-
Manufacturer of M-1 carbine type werke, Vienna, Austria.
rifles in St. Louis, Mo., ca. 1965.
jve — WW-II German ordnance code
JOKER — Tradename used by Hop- assigned to Optische Werke Ernst
kins & Allen on revolvers, ca. 1870. Ludwig, Weixdorf, Anhalt, Saxony,
Germany.
JO-LO-AR.— Tradename used by Hijos
de Calixto Arrizabalaga. jvf — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Wilhelm Brand,
jrr — WW-II German ordnance code Treibriemenfabrik, Heidelberg,
assigned to Junghans, Renchen plant, Germany.
Baden, Germany.
jwa — WW-II German ordnance code
jrs — WW-II German ordnance code assigned to Moritz Stecher, Leder-
assigned to Junghans, branch office, werk, Freiburg, Germany, also:
Vienna, Austria. Manufacture Nationale d’Armes,
Chatellerault, France.
jry — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Hermann Herold, Olber- jwh — WW-II German ordnance code
hain, Germany. assigned to Manufacture d’Armes,
Chatellerault, Chatellerault, France.
jsd — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Gustav Reinhard, Leder-
warenfabrik, Berlin, Germany.
K
jse — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Metallwerke Zoblitz AG,
Zoblitz. k — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Firma Luch & Wagner,
jtb — WW-II German ordnance code Suhl, Germany.
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ka KINGSLAND SPECIAL
ka — WW-II German ordnance code kfa — WW-II German ordnance code

assigned to Gerhardi & Co., Luden- assigned to Staatliches Arsenal, Sara-
scheid, Westphalia, Germany. jevo, Yugoslavia.
KABA, KABA SPEZIAL — Trade- kfg — WW-II German ordnance code

names of Karl Bauer, a Berlin, assigned to Staatliches Arsenal, Sara-
Germany dealer. Handguns made by jevo, Yugoslavia.
Menz, August and Arizmendi, Fran-
cisco bear this name. kfk — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Dansk Industrie Syndicat,
kam — WW-II German ordnance code Copenhagen, Denmark.
assigned to Hasag, Hisen- u. Metall-
werke GmbH, Skarzysko Kamienna. kgd — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Junghans, Montagestelle,
KAYOBA FACTORY LTD. — Kayoba, Exbrucke, Eslass.
Japan from about 1900 until taken
over as part of Kokura Arsenal, |K.G.F. — Abbreviation for Koenigliche
ca. WW-II. Gewehrfabrik of Potsdam, Germany.
kbg — WW-II German ordnance code KIES, FRITZ & CO. — Sporting arms
assigned to Erwin Backhaus, Rem- manufacturer in Suhl, Germany from
scheid. 1922 to 1945.
kce — WW-II German ordnance code KILLDEER — Tradename on single

assigned to Schneider & Co., Le shot rifles made by Western Arms
Creuot, France. Co., ca. 1900.
keb — WW-II German ordnance code KIMBALL, J.M. ARMS CO. — Manu-
assigned to Manufacture d’Armes facturer of Kimball pistols in Detroit,
Nationale de Levallois, Paris. Mich. about 1955-57.
KENNEDY — Tradename on rifles KIMEL INDUSTRIES — Current im-

used by Whitney Arms Co., ca. 1880. porter and distributor in Matthews,
N.C.
KERNER, E. & CO. — Sporting arms
maker in Suhl, Germany from 1935 KIND, ALBRECHT — Berlin, Germany
to 1939. 1922-28.
KESSLER ARMS CO. — Manufactur- KING NITRO — Tradename used by

er of shotguns in Silver Creek, N.Y. J. Stevens Arms Co. on rifles & shot-
1951-53. guns.
KETTNER, FRANZ — Rifle maker KING NITRO — Tradename used by

in Suhl, Germany about 1920-25. Shapleigh Hardware Co. of St. Louis,
Mo. on shotguns made by Crescent
KEYSTONE ARMS CO. — Tradename Fire Arms Co.
used by E.K. Tryon Co. of Phila-
delphia, Pa. on revolvers and shot- KINGSLAND SPECIAL — Tradename
guns. used by Geller, Ward, & Hasner of
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KINGSLAND 10 STAR KOLIBRI
St. Louis, Mo. on shotguns made by KNICKERBOCKER — Tradename on

Crescent Fire Arms Co. shotguns made by Crescent Fire
Arms Co. for H & D Folsom Arms
KINGSLAND 10 STAR — See Kings- Co.
land Special.
KNICKERBOCKER — Tradename used
KIRK GUN CO. — Tradename used by J. Stevens Arms Co. on Model
by Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk & Co. of 311 shotguns.
St. Paul, Minn.
KNOBLE, WM. B. — Designer of
KIRRIKALE TUFEK FB. — Govern- Tacoma, Wash. who submitted a
ment small arms manufacturing plant pistol to the 1907 U‘S. test.
in Istanbul, Turkey.
KNOCKABOUT — Tradename used
KIRTLAND BROTHERS — Rifle and by Montgomery Wards on shotguns
revolver makers in New York City, made by Crescent Fire Arms Co.
ca. 1933.
KNOCKABOUT — Tradename used
kjj — WW-II German ordnance code by J. Stevens Arms Co. on Model
assigned to Askania Werke AG, 311 shotguns.
Berlin-Friedenau, Germany.
KNOX-ALL — Tradename on shot-
kkd — WW-II German ordnance code guns made by Crescent Fire Arms
assigned to Wilhelm Stern, Leder- Co., and later on shotguns by Iver
warenfabrik, Posen, Germany. Johnson.
klb — WW-II German ordnance code KOBOLD — Tradename on revolvers

assigned to J.F. Eisfeld GmbH, from Albrecht Kind.
Kieselbach plant.
KODIAK — Tradename used by
kle — WW-II German ordnance code Liberty Arms Organization of Mont-
assigned to Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG, rose, Calif. on imported revolvers,
Warsaw plant, Poland. ca. 1976.
KLEINGUENTHER’S — Current im- KODIAK MANUFACTURING CO. —

porter of sporting arms in Seguin, North Haven, Conn. manufacturer
Tex. of long guns. ca. 1965.
klg — WW-II German ordnance code KOENIGLICHE GEWEHRFABRIK —

assigned to Przemot, Prazisions Metall- Rifle makers in Potsdam, Germany.
verarbeitung, Litzmannstadt.
KOISHIGAWA—See Kokura Arsenal.
kls — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG, KOKURA ARSENAL — Tokyo, Japan
Warsaw plant, Poland. from about 1900 until the end of
WW-IL. Originally named Koishigawa.
KNAAK, GEORG — Manufacturer of
military and sporting arms in Berlin, KOLIBRI — Tradename used by
Germany 1912-45. Georg Grabner (Austria).
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KOLIBRI kum
KOLIBRI — Tradename used by KRIEGHOFF, HEINRICH — Manu-

Hijos de Francisco Arizaga. facturer of military and sporting
arms from 1929 until 1945 in Suhl,
KOMMER, THEODOR — Manufac- Germany, and from 1945 until now
turer of sporting arms in Zella-Mehlis, in Ulm/Donau, West Germany.
Germany 1934-39.
krj — WW-II German ordnance code
KONIG, H. & A. — Manufacturers of assigned to Messerschmidt, Augsburg.
sporting arms in Zella-Mehlis,
Germany 1922-39. krl — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Dynamit AG (formerly
KONGSBERG VAPENFABRIK — Alfred Nobel & Co.) Krummel
Government small arms manufactur- plant, Koblenz.
ing plant in Kongsberg, Norway.
KRNKA — Tradename of Oesterr-
KORRIPHILA — Current pistol maker eichische Waffenfabrik.
in Ulm/Donau, West Germany.
KROYDEN — Tradename used by
KORTH — Tradename on revolvers Savage Arms Corp. on long arms.
made by Wilhelm Korth Waffen-
fabrik of Ratzburg, West Germany, kru — WW-II German ordnance code
a subsidiary of Dynamit Nobel. assigned to Lignose Sprengstoff-
werke GmbH, Kruppsmuhle plant.
KRAUSSER, ALFRED — Sporting
arms manufacturer in Zella-Mehlis, KRUSCHITZ — Tradename on custom
Germany 1920-27. arms made in Vienna and imported
by Flaig’s, ca. 1950.
krd — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Lignose Sprengstoffwerke kry — WW-II German ordnance code
GmbH, Kriewald. assigned to Lignose Sprengstoffwerke
GmbH, Kruppsmuhle plant.
krg — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Emil Busch AG, Optische ksb — WW-ii German ordnance code
Werke, Budapest, Hungary. assigned to Manufacture Nationale
d’Armes de Levallois, Levallois, Paris.
krg — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Emil Busch AG, Optische ksm — WW-II German ordnance code
Werke, Rathenow, Brandenburg, assigned to Junghans, Braunau plant,
Germany. Sudeten, Germany.
K.T.G. INDUSTRIAL — Shotgun

KRICO — Tradename used by Kriege-
manufacturer in Hitachi City, Japan.
skorte & Co. of Stuttgart-Hedel-
fingen, West Germany on sporting
ktz — WW-II German ordnance code
arms currently made.
assigned to Deutsche Sprengchemie,
Klietz plant, Germany.
KRIEGESKORTE & CO. — Current
manufacturer of sporting arms in kum — WW-II German ordnance code
Stuttgart-Hedelfingen, West assigned to J.F. Eisfeld, Pulver- u.
Germany. Pyrotechnische Fabrik GmbH.
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kun LANDMANN, J.G.
kun — WW-II German ordnance code

assigned to Lignose Sprengstoff-
L
werke, Kunigunde plant.
la — WW-II German ordnance code
kur cs WW-II German ordnance code assigned to Durener Metallwerke,
assigned to Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG, Duren.
Graz, Austria.
LA — Tradename of LA Dist., located
kvu — WW-II German ordnance code in New York City, ca. 1970.
assigned to Lignose Sprengstoff-
werke GmbH, Kruppsmuhle plant. lac — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Zuchthaus Coswig,
kwe — WW-II German ordnance code Anhalt.
assigned to Gamma Feinmechanik u.
Optik, Budapest, Hungary. LADIES PET — Tradename used by
E.C. Meacham Co. of St. Louis, Mo.
kwn — WW-II German ordnance code on revolvers.
assigned to S.A. Fiat, Turin, Italy.
lae — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Heinrich Zeiss, Gastingen.
kye — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Intreprinderile Metalurgie,
LA INDUSTRIA ORBEA — Trade-
Pumitra Voina Societate, Anonima
name of Orbea Hermanos.
Romana, Fabrica de Armament,
Brasov, Romania.
LAKESIDE — Tradename used by
Montgomery, Ward & Co. on shot-
kyn — WW-II German ordnance code guns made by Crescent Fire Arms Co.
assigned to Astra, Fabrica Romana
de Vagone, Motoaene Armament si LA LIRA — Tradename of Garate,
Munitione, Brasov, Romania. Anitua
y Cia.
LAMPO — Tradename of C. Torbuzio

kyo — WW-II German ordnance code on pistol.
assigned to Intreprinderile Metalurgie,
Pumitra Voina Aocietate, Anonima LA NATIONALE — Tradename on
Romana, Fabrica de Armament, rifles made by Amon of St. Etienne,
Brasov, Romania. France.
kyp — WW-II German ordnance code LANCASTER, CHARLES & CO. —

assigned to Rumanisch-Deutsche In- London, England 1867 to 1900,
dustrie u. Handels AG, Budapest, successor to Charles William Lan-
Hungary. caster established in 1826. Manufac-
turers of sporting arms, but best
known for big-game hunting pistols.
kza — Mauser-Werke, Karlsruhe, Merged with Stephan Grant & Sons
Germany. and Lang & Hussey in 1900 to be-
come Joseph Lang & Co., Ltd.
kzn — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Kienzle, Dammerkirch LANDMANN, J.G. — Rifle manu-
plant. facturer in West Germany, ca. 1968.
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LANG & HUSSEY LE FRANCAIS
LANG & HUSSEY — See Joseph Lang LEADER GUN CO. — Tradename of
& Co. Charles William Stores, Inc. of N.Y.C.
on shotguns made by Crescent Fire
LANG, JOSEPH & CO. — Manufactur- Arms Co.
ers of sporting arms in London,
England since it was established as LEAVELL, CHARLES W. — Sporting
Joseph Lang in 1821. In 1874 be- arms importer in Sumpter, S.C.,
came Joseph Lang & Son, and in ca. 1960.
1896 was changed to Lang & Hussey.
In 1900 merged with Charles Lan- LEBAU — COURALLY — Current
caster & Co. and Stephan Grant & manufacturer of sporting arms in
Sons to form Joseph Lang & Co. France.
LANGENHAN, EMIL — Manufacturer L’ECLAIR — Tradename used by

of sporting arms in Zella-Mehlis, Garate, Anitua y Cia. on revolvers.
Germany, ca. 1933-38.
LE DRAGON — Tradename of
LANGENHAN, FRANZ — Manu- Aguirre y Cia.
facturer of sporting arms in Zella-
Mehlis, Germany from 1935 to 1939. LEE ARMS CO. — Manufacturer of
“Red Jacket” revolvers in Wilkes-
LA SALLE — Tradename of Manu- Barre, Pa., ca. 1870.
france on shotguns.
LEE FIRE ARMS CO. — Bridgeport,
LAU, J. H. & CO. — Tradename used Conn. 1879-81, manufacturer of Lee
by H. & D. Folsom Arms Co. Navy Rifles.
lax — WW-II German ordnance code LEE FIREARMS CO. — Milwaukee,

assigned to Lennewerk Altena. Wisc. 1864-65, manufacturers of
Lee Carbines.
Idb — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Deutsche Pryotechnische
LEE’S MUNNER SPECIAL — See Lee
Fabriken GmbH, Berlin plant, Mal-
Special.
chow, Germany.
Idec — WW-II German ordnance code LEE SPECIAL — Tradename used by

assigned to Deutsche Pyrotechnische Lee Hardware of Salina, Kansas on
Fabriken GmbH, Cleebronn plant. shotguns made by Crescent Fire
Arms Co.
Idn — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Deutsche Pyrotechnische LEFEVER SONS & CO. — Started
Fabriken GmbH, Neumarkt plant, in Syracuse, N.Y. as Nichols &
Oberpfalz. Lefever in 1876. In 1879 became
D.M. Lefever, in 1889 Lefever Arms
L.E. — Abbreviation for Larranaga Co., and in 1899 Lefever Sons &
y Elartza. Co. In 1926 was purchased by
Ithaca Gun Co.
LEADER — Tradename on revolvers
probably made by Hopkins & Allen, LE FRANCAIS — Tradename of Mre.
ca. 1880. Francais d’Armes et Cycles.
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LE FULGOR LION
LE FULGOR — Tradename of Charles military style firearms with surplus

Clement. parts and new or rewelded receivers,
1972-74 San Antonio, Texas. Assets
LEGIA — Tradename of Nicolas Pieper. purchased by Springfield Armoury,
Geneseo, Ill.
LEIGH, HENRY — Tradename on
shotguns imported from Belgium, ca. LIBERTY — Tradename on pistols
1890. used by Retolaza Hermanos.
LE MAJESTIC — Tradename of Mre. LIBERTY — Tradename on revolvers

d’Armes des Pyrenees. made by Hood Firearms, ca. 1880.
LEONHARDT — Tradename of H.M. LIBERTY ARMS ORGANIZATION

Gering & Co. — Current importers of sporting arms
in Montrose, Calif.
LE PAGE — Pistol manufacturer in
Liege, Belgium, 1923-30. LIBIA — Tradename used by Beistegui
Hermanos.
LEPPER, MAX -— Sporting arms
manufacturer in Zella-Mehlis, LICHTMANN, P.R. — Pistol manu-
Germany, ca. 1930. facturer in Waltham, Mass. since
about 1972.
LE RAPIDE — Tradename of J.
Bertrand. LIDDLE GUN CO. — See Liddle &
Keading.
LE SANS PAREIL — Tradename of
Mre. d’Armes des Pyrenees. LIDDLE & KEADING -— Established
in 1853 as Robert Liddle, name
LE SECOURS — Tradename of Tomas changed to Liddle & Keading in
de Urizar y Cia. 1872, and to Liddle Gun Co. in 1889.
Operated in San Francisco, Calif.
LE STEPH — Tradename on pistols until 1894.
made by L. Bergeron of St. Etienne,
France. LIEGE — Tradename of Mre. Liegeoise
d’Armes a Feu.
LE TOUT ACIER — Tradename of
Mre. d’Armes des Pyrenees. LIGHTNING — Tradename used on
pistols by Echave y Arizmendi.
LEVER BOLT RIFLE CO. — Manu-
facturer in New Haven, Conn. 1930- LIGNOSE — Tradename on Berg-
32. mann pistols marketed by Aktien-
Ges. Lignose Abteilung of Berlin,
LEWIS, G.E. & SON — Tradename Germany, ca. 1930.
used by Von Lengerke & Detmold of
NaYatos LILIPUT — Tradename used by August
Menz on pistols.
lge — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Kugelfabrik Schulte & LION — Tradename used by J.P.
Co., Tente, Rheinland, Germany. Lovell of Boston, Mass. on revolvers
made by Johnson, Bye & Co., ca.
L. & H. GUN CO. — Manufactured 1870.
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LITHGOW LOWER, J.P.
LITHGOW — Royal Australian Small er of contract military arms, pri-

Arms Factory located in New South marily known for Mauser style rifles.
Wales, Australia making military
arms. LOMBARD — Tradename used by
Lombard Co. of Springfield, Mass.
LITTLE ALL RIGHT — Tradename on revolvers.
used by Wright Arms Co. of Law-
rence, Mass. on revolvers, ca. 1875. LONG BRANCH — Canadian Arsenals
Ltd. (C.A.L.) of Long Branch,
LITTLE GIANT — Tradename used Ontario, Canada. Manufacturer of
on revolvers by Bacon Arms Co., ca. military arms.
1880.
LONGINES — Tradename used on
LITTLE JOHN — Tradename used by pistols by Cooperative Orbea.
Hood Firearms on revolvers, ca.
1875. LONG RANGE WINNER -— See Long
Range Wonder.
LITTLE JOKER — Tradename on
revolvers used by J.M. Malin 1873-75. LONG RANGE WONDER — Trade-
name used by Sears, Roebuck & Co.
LITTLE PAL — Tradename used by on shotguns.
Townley Hardware Co. of Kansas
City, Mo. LONG TOM — Tradename used by J.
Stevens Arms Co. on shotguns, and
LITTLE PET — Tradename used by by Sears, Roebuck & Co.
J. Stevens Arms Co. on shotguns,
and possibly by Hopkins & Allen on LOOKING GLASS — Tradename used
revolvers. by Domingo Acha on hammerless
pistols, and by Fernando Acha on
LITTLE TOM — Tradename used by hammer model pistols.
Wiener Waffenfabrik on pistols. 71
LOVELL ARMS CO. — 1840-91 in
LJUTIC INDUSTRIES, INC. — Shot- Boston, Mass. Became J.P. Lovell
gun Manufacturers in current opera- & Sons about 1870, and was possibly
tion in Yakima, Wash. absorbed by Iver Johnson in 1868
but allowed to operate under its
Ikm — WW-II German ordnance code existing name.
assigned to Munitionsfabriken
(formerly Sellier & Bellot), Veits- LOVENA — Tradename used by
berg plant, Prague, Czechoslovakia. Janccek of Praha, Czechoslovakia
1930-39.
LLAMA — _ ‘Tradename used by
Gabilondo y Cia. LOWELL ARMS CO. — Lowell, Mass.
1864-68, made revolvers and
Img — WW-II German ordnance code carbines.
assigned to Karl Zeiss, Jena.
LOWER, J.P. — Established 1851 in
LOEWE, LUDWIG & CO. — Berlin, Philadelphia, Pa. In about 1870
Germany 1882 to 1904, manufactur- moved to Denver, Colo., and became
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LOYOLA MAMBA
J.P. Lower’s Sons about 1914. Made assigned to Metallurgia Werke AG,
D.D. Cone revolvers, ca. 1870, and Radomsko, Poland.
Indian trade guns.
LYMAN GUN SIGHT CORP. — Dis-
LOYOLA — Tradename on shotguns tributors of blackpowder arms pri-
made in Spain by Jana International vate-labeled by Navy Arms.
of Denver, Colo.
LYNX — Tradename on revolvers
LSA — Tradename on rifles imported made in South Africa and distributed
by Ithaca Gun Co. from Oy by Nitro Wholesalers of Johannes-
Tikkakoski AB. burg.
Itm — WW-II German ordnance code Iza — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Metallwarenfabrik Litz- assigned to Mauser-Werke AG, Karls-
mannstadt. ruhe plant, Germany.
LUGER — Tradename of Stoeger

Industries; used on the P.08 pistol
and its copies that are marketed by
Stoeger. The name is generally
associated with all P.08 pistols (in- M
vented by Georg Luger), however,
the name is copyrighted by Stoeger.
ma — WW-II German ordnance code
LUNEBURG, AUGUST — Sporting assigned to Metallwerke Lange AG,
arms manufacturer in Kiel, Germany, Aue, Saxony, Germany.
ca. 1930.
M.A.B. — Abbreviation for Mre.
LUR — Tradename used by Echave y D’Armes Automatiques Bayonne.
Arizmendi y Cia.
M.A.C. — Abbreviation for Military
lwg — WW-II German ordnance code Armament Corp. on submachine
assigned to Optische Werke Osterrode guns and silencers.
GmbH, Freiheit near Osterrode.
MALTBY-CURTIS — Distributors of
lww — WW-II German ordnance code revolvers made by Norwich Falls
assigned to Huet & Cie., Paris, Pistol Co. 1875-81, located in New
France. York City.
lwx — WW-II German ordnance code MALTBY-HENLEY & CO. — Dis-

assigned to O.P.L. Optique et Pre- tributors of revolvers made _ by
cision de Levallois, Levallois, Paris. Columbia Armory 1878-89, located
in New York City.
lwy — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Societe Optique et MAMBA -— Tradename on pistols
Mechanique de Haute Precision, developed by Relay Products (Pty)
Paris. Ltd. of Johannesburg, South Africa,
and also made in the U.S. by Navy
lyf — WW-II German ordnance code Arms.
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MANDALL SHOOTING SUPPLIES MARLIN FIREARMS CO.
MANDALL SHOOTING SUPPLIES, MANUFRANCE — Tradename of

INC. — Current importers established Mre. Francais d’Armes et Cycles.
1953 in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1975
moved to Scottsdale, Ariz. MANURHIN — Tradename of Manu-
facture de Machines du Haut-Rhin,
MANHATTAN FIREARMS CO. — France.
Manufacturer of handguns in New
York City and Newark, N.J. starting MARBLE ARMS & MFG. CO. — Glad-
in 1849. About 1870 became stone, Mich. from 1898. In 1908
American Standard Tool Co. they made ‘Game Getter” rifles and
shotguns.
MANHATTAN ARMS CO. — Trade-
name used by Schoverling, Daly & MARHOLT, RICHARD — Manufactur-
Gales of N.Y.C., ca. 1900. er of sporting arms in Innsbruck,
Austria, ca. 1954.
MANNLICHER-SCHOENAUER-—
Tradename used on rifles by Steyr MARINA — Tradename of Gregorio
Daimler Puch of Steyr, Austria. Bolumburu.
MANNLICHER WAFFENFABRIK —
Arms manufacturer in Steyr, Austria, MARIXA — Manufacturer of sporting
ca. 1905. arms in Eibar, Spain.
MAN STOPPER — ‘Tradename on MARKE — Tradename of Hijos de

pistols from Charles Lancaster & Co., Jorge Bascaran.
ca. 1890.
MARKSMAN — Tradename used on
MANTON, J. & CO. — Tradename on rifles made by H. Pieper of Liege,
Belgian shotguns, ca. 1900, not to Belgium, ca. 1900.
be confused with Joseph Manton
& Son Co. of London, England. MARKWELL ARMS CO. — Current
manufacturer and importer of black-
MANTON, JOSEPH & SON CO. — powder arms in Chicago, III.
Sporting arms makers in London,
England from 1835. Before then was MARK X — Tradename on rifles im-
Joseph Manton, established 1795. ported by Interarms on arms made
Maintained a Calcutta, India branch by Zavodi Crvena Zastava of Bel-
1840-77. grade, Yugoslavia.
MANUFACTURE D’ARMERO — ES- MARLIN FIREARMS CO. — New

PECIALISTS REUNIDES — Hand- Haven, Conn. from 1870 when it
gun manufacturer in Eibar, Spain > was established as J.M. Marlin. In
1924-27. 1881 became Marlin Firearms Co.,
in 1915 became Marlin-Rockwell
MANUFACTURA DE ARMAS DE Corp., and in 1926 Marlin Firearms
FUEGO — Guernica, Spain about Co. again. Made sporting and mili-
1922. Reputed to be the name of tary arms including Ballard rifles
Alkartasuna (q.v.) after that company (1875) and L.C. Smith shotguns
ceased operations. (1948).
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MARQUIS OF LORNE MAYOR, FRANCOIS II
MARQUIS OF LORNE — Tradename MASSACHUSETTS ARMS CO. —

on revolvers made by Hood Firearms Tradename used by Blish, Mize, &
Co., ca. 1880. Silliman Hardware of Atchison,
Kansas.
MARS — Tradename on .25 acp
pistols used by Posumavska Zbro- M.A.T. — Abbreviation for Mre.
jovka Kdyne, of Kdyne, Czecho- d’Armes de Tuile.
slovakia.
MATADOR — Tradename on shot-
MARS — Model of Gabbett-Fairfax guns made in Spain and imported by
made by Webley and Scott of Firearms International.
Birmingham, England, ca. 1900.
MATHIEW ARMS CO. — Manu-
MARS — Tradename on .32 acp pistols facturer of rifles in Oakland, Calif.
used by Kohout & Spol (Czecho- from about 1950 to about 1960.
slovakia).
MAUSER-BAUER — Importers of
MARS EQUIPMENT — Importers of Mauser sporting arms in Frazer,
sporting arms in Chicago, IIl., ca. Mich. about 1971-74.
1970.
MAUSER RIFLE — Term applied to
MARSHWOOD — Tradename used by rifles based on the Mauser bolt-
Charles Williams Stores of New York action system, but not necessarily
City. denoting origin.
MAUSER WERKE AG. — Established

MARSHWOOD — Tradename used by
as Gebr. Mauser et Cie. 1864, name
changed to Mauser Werke Ag. in
1890. Also called Waffenfabrik
MARSON, SAMUEL & CO. — Manu- Mauser, it’s located in Oberndorf,
facturer of military and sporting Germany. Manufacturers of both
arms in Birmingham, England es- sporting and military weapons.
tablished in 1840.
MAVERICK DERRINGER — Trade-
MARTE — Tradename of Erquiaga, name used by Intercontinental Arms,
Muguruza y Cia. importers in Los Angeles, Calif., ca.
L970:
MARTIAN — Tradename of Martin A. MAXIM — Tradename used by Hy
Bascaran used on pistols. Hunter Corp. on pistols imported
from Italy, possibly Rigarmi, ca.
MARTIGNY — Tradename of Hijos 1960.
de Jorge Bascaran.
MAYOR ARQUEBUSER — Trade-
name on pistols used by Francois
M.A.S. — Abbreviation for Mre. Mayor on Rochat patent pistols.
d’Armes de Saint Etienne.
MAYOR, FRANCOIS II — Manu-
MASSACHUSETTS ARMS — Trade- facturer of Rochat patent pistols in
name used by J. Stevens Arms Co. Lausanne, Switzerland. In business
on shotguns. from 1925 to 1959.
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MIIDA
M & B — Abbreviation for Merwin & in New York City starting about
Bray (see Merwin, Hulbert & Co.). 1853 as Merwin & Bray. Between
1864 and 1868 the name changed to
MCA — Tradename used by Steyr Merwin & Simpkins, and to Merwin,
Daimler Puch on rifles made in Taylor & Simpkins, and finally to
Steyr, Austria. Merwin, Hulbert & Co. In 1892 the
company became Hulbert Bros., and
MCK — Tradename and abbreviation then failed in 1896.
for McKeown’s Guns on Italian
shotguns. METEOR — Tradename used by J.
Stevens Arms Co. on rifles.
MCKEOWN’S GUNS — Importer of
Italian shotguns in Pekin, Ill. since METEOR RIFLES — Tradename used
9770; by Shapleigh Hardware Co. of St.
Louis, Mo.
mdr — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Vereinigte Leichtmetall- METROPOLITAN — Tradename used
werke, Bonn, Germany. by Siegel Cooper Co. of N.Y.C. on
shotguns made by Crescent Fire
MECURY — Tradename on pistols Arms Co.
made by Robar et Cie.
METROPOLITAN POLICE — Trade-
MEFFERT, M. — Manufacturer of name on revolvers made by Norwich
shotguns in Berlin, Germany, ca. Falls Pistol Co., ca. 1885.
1910.
MERWIN & BRAY — See Merwin,
MELIOR — Tradename of Robar et Hulbert
& Co.
Cie., used on pistols.
MERWIN & SIMPKINS — See Merwin,
MENTA — ‘Tradename of August Hulbert & Co.
Menz.
MERWIN-TAYLOR & SIMPKINS —
MERCURY — Tradename on shot- See Merwin, Hulbert & Co.
guns imported by Tradewinds of
Tacoma, Wash. M.F. — Abbreviation for Mre. Francaise
d’Armes et Cycles.
MERIDEN FIREARMS CO. — Meri- M.H. & CO. — Abbreviation for Mer-
den, Conn. 1907-09, makers of
win, Hulbert & Co.
revolvers and rifles, subsidiary of
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
mhk — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Metallwerke Schwarz-
MERRILL CO. — Current manu- wald AG, Villingen.
facturers of handguns in Rockwell
City, Iowa.
mhv — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Finow Kipfer- u. Messing-
MERWIN & BRAY — See Merwin, werke AG, Finow.
Hulbert
& Co.
MIIDA — Tradename on shotguns

MERWIN, HULBERT & CO. — Dis- imported by Marubeni America Corp.
tributors and manufacturers agents from Japan.
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MIKROS MOORE PATENT FIREARMS CO.
MIKROS — Tradename of Mre. mng — WW-II German ordnance code

d’Armes des Pyrenees on _ pistols assigned to VDM _ Heddernheim,
made 1934-39, and from 1958 to Frankfurt on the Main, Germany.
date.
moc — WW-II German ordnance code
MILITAR — Tradename used by Hy assigned to Johan Springer’s Erben,
Hunter of Burbank, Calif. on im- Gewehrfabrikanten, Vienna, Austria.
ported pistols, ca. 1960.
mog — WW-II German ordnance code
MINERVE — Tradename on pistols assigned to Deutsche Sprengchemie,
marketed by Fab. d’Armes de Grande Moschweig plant.
Precision.
MOHAWK — Tradename used by
MINIMA — Tradename of M. Boyer. Blish, Mize & Steelman of Atchison,
Kansas on shotguns made by Cres-
MINNEAPOLIS FIREARMS CO. — cent Fire Arms Co.
Manufacturers of palm pistols in
Minneapolis, Minn., ca. 1891. MOHAWK ARMS CO. — Tradename
used by Remington Arms Co.
MINNESOTA ARMS CO. — Trade-
name used by Farwell, Ozmun & MONARCH — Tradename used by
Kirk of St. Paul, Minn. Hopkins & Allen on revolvers labeled
“$1” to ‘FA’, ca. 1880.
MIROKU, B.C. — Current manufac-
turer of sporting arms in Japan. MONARCH — Tradename used by
Osgood Gun Works of Norwich,
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ARMS CO. — Conn. on revolvers, ca. 1882.
Tradename used by Shapleigh Hard-
ware of St. Louis on shotguns made MONDIAL — Tradename on pistols,
by Crescent Fire Arms Co. used by Gaspar Arizaga.
mjr — WW-II German ordnance code MONITOR — ‘Tradename used by

assigned to Union Gesellschaft fur Paxton, Gallagher & Co. of Omaha,
Met. Ind., Sils van de Loo & Co., Nebr.
Thorn plant.
MONITOR — Tradename used by J.
MKE — Tradename of Kirikkale Tufek
Fb. of Kirikkale, Turkey, used on MONOBLOCK — Tradename on
Walther PP copies. pistols made by J. Jacquemart of
Herstal, Belgium.
mkf — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to ‘Trierer Walzwerk, MONTE CARLO — Tradename used
Wuppertal-Langerfeld. by J.L. Galef & Son, Inc. of N.Y.C.
moo — WW-II German ordnance code

M.L. — Abbreviation for Mre. Liegeoise assigned to Klockner-Werke AG,
d’Armes a. Feu of Liege, Belgium. Dusseldorf plant, Germany.
mnf — WW-II German ordnance code MOORE PATENT FIREARMS CO. —

assigned to VDM _ Heddernheim, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1863-83, manufac-
Frankfurt on the Main, Germany. turer of handguns.
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MORRONE na
MORRONE — Tradename of Rhode CYCLES — Sporting arms manu-

Island Arms Co. facturer in St. Etienne, France since
1920.
MOSSBERG, O.F. & SONS — Sport-
ing arms manufacturer in New mrf — WW-II German ordnance code
Haven, Conn. since 1919. Before assigned to Fr. Krupp, Berthawerk
that was Oscar F. Mossberg from AG, Breslau.
1892.
M.S. — Abbreviation for Modesto
MOUNTAIN ARMS, INC. — Manu- Santos, used on ‘‘Action”’ pistols.
facturer of .22 rifles in Ozark, Mo.,
ca. 1976. MT. VERNON ARMS — Tradename
used on shotguns imported from
MOUNTAIN EAGLE — Tradename Belgium, ca. 1900.
used by Hopkins & Allen on re-
volvers, ca. 1880. MULHOUSE — Tradename of Manu-
facture de Machines du Haut-Rhin,
moz — WW-II German ordnance code France.
assigned to Hisenwerk Gesellschaft
Maximilianhutte, Maxhutte-Haidhof. MUSKETEER — Tradename on rifles
with F.N. actions made by Firearms
mpp — WW-II German ordnance code International, ca. 1968.
assigned to Metallwerk K. Leibfried,
Boblingen, Sindelfingen plant. M.W. & CO. — Abbreviation of Mont-
gomery, Ward & Co.
mpr — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to S.A. Hispano Suiza, mws — WW-II German ordnance code
Geneva, Switzerland. assigned to Munitionswerke Schone-
beck.
mpv — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Schmolz u. Bickenbach, MY COMPANION — Tradename on
Neuss plant, Dusseldorf, Germany. revolvers made by Hopkins & Allen,
ca. 1870.
mpy — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Klockner-Werke AG, MY FRIEND — Tradenhame used by
Georgsmarienhutte Osnabruck. James Reid on ‘“Knuckleduster”
revolvers.
mrb — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Skodawerke, Prague myx — WW-II German ordnance code
Plant, Smichow, Czechoslovakia. assigned to Rheinmetall-Borsig AG,
Sommerda plant.
mrd — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Huttenwerke Siegerland,
Wissen.
N
MRE. D’ARMES DES PYRENEES —
Manufacturers of sporting arms in na — WW-II German ordnance code
Hendaye, France since 1930. assigned to Westfalische Kupfer- u.
Messingwerke AG, Ludenscheid,
MRE. FRANCAISE D’ARMES ET Westphalia, Germany.
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NAACO NEVER MISS
NAACO — Abbreviation for North nbe — WW-II German ordnance code

American Arms Co. in Quebec, assigned to Hasag, Eisen- u. Metall-
Canada on M1911 pistols, ca. 1918. werke GmbH, Tachenstocha plant.
NAGOYA ARSENAL — _ Japanese nbh — WW-II German ordnance code

military weapons plant, ca. WW-II. assigned to Walther Steiner, Eisen-
konstruktionen Suhl, Germany.
NAPOLEON — Tradename used on
revolvers by Thomas Ryan, Jr. Pistol nbr — WW-II German ordnance code
Mfg. Co. 1870-76. assigned to Metallwarenfabrik Hu-
bert Prunte, Neheim-Husten,
NARODNI PODNIK -— _ Czecho- Germany.
slovakian rifle maker post- WW-II.
ner — WW-II German ordnance code
nas — WW-II German ordnance code assigned to Krupp-Germaniawerft,
assigned to Uhrenfabrik Junghans, Kiel-Gaarden, Germany.
Schramberg, Black Forest, Germany.
ndr — WW-II German ordnance code
NATIONAL — Tradename used by assigned to Krupp Essen.
Norwich Falls Pistol Co. on revolvers,
ca. 1880. nea — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Walther Steiner, Eisen-
NATIONAL ARMS CO. — Tradename konstruktionen, Suhl, Germany.
on shotguns from Crescent Fire
Arms Co. nec — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Waffenwerke Brunn AG,
NATIONAL FIREARMS CO. -— Trade- V Gurein plant, Prague, Czecho-
name used by Hopkins & Allen on slovakia.
rifles, ca. 1900.
ned — WW-II German ordnance code
NATIONAL ORDNANCE, INC. — assigned to Krupp, Essen.
1965-74 manufactured and assembled
from parts military style firearms. NEDERLANDISCHE WAPENEN
South El Monte, Calif. MUNITIEFABRIK — See NWM.
NAT ORD — Abbreviation for Na- NERO — ‘Tradename used by E.

tional Ordnance, Inc. Tryon Co. on revolvers made by J.
Rupertus Arms Co., ca. 1880. The
NATIONAL POSTAL METER — same name is also used by C.L.
Manufacturer of M-1 Carbines during Riker on revolvers of the same
WW-II in Rochester, N.Y. Its name general type made by Hopkins
at the start of production was & Allen, ca. 1880.
Rochester Defense Corp., and at
the end of production the name NEUHAUSEN PISTOL — Term ap-
changed to Commercial Controls plied to the P.210 pistol made by
Corp. S.I1.G. at Neuhausen, Switzerland.
nb — WW-II German ordnance code NEVER MISS — Tradename used by

assigned to Waffenfabrik Kongsberg, Hopkins & Allen and J.M. Marlin
Norway. on revolvers, ca. 1875.
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NEW CHIEFTAIN NOBEL MFG. CO., INC.
NEW CHIEFTAIN — Tradename used nfx — WW-II German ordnance code

by J. Stevens Arms Co. on shotguns. assigned to Rheinisch-Westfalische
Munitionsfabriken GmbH, plants in
NEW ENGLAND ARMS CO. — Trade- Warsaw and Prague, Czechoslovakia.
name used by Charles J. Godfrey of
N.Y.C., and by Rohde, Spencer Co. nhr — WW-II German ordnance code
of Chicago, IIl., ca. 1900. assigned to Rheinmetall-Borsig AG,
Sommerda plant, Germany.
NEW HAVEN — Tradename on long
guns used by O.F. Mossberg & Sons. NIKKO ARMS CO. LTD. — Current
NEW LIBERTY — Tradename used by Tochigi City, Japan.
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
NEW NAMBU — Tradename on copies assigned to Mauser-Werke, Oberndorf
of Colt M1911A1 pistols made in on the Neckar, Germany.
Japan by Shin Chau Kogyo of Tokyo.
NEWPORT — Tradename used by assigned to Waffenfabrik Brunn AG,
Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett Co. of Brno, Czechoslovakia.
Chicago, Ill.
1924 MODEL — Marking on S & W
NEWPORT — Tradename used by J. revolver copy made in Eibar, Spain
Stevens Arms Co. on shotguns. by Fabrica de Armas Garantazadas.
NEW RIVAL — Tradename used by NITRO BIRD — Tradename on shot-

Van Camp Hdw. & Iron Co. of guns used by Richards & Conover
Indianapolis, Ind. on shotguns made Hardware Co. of Kansas City, Mo.
by Crescent Fire Arms. Co.
NITRO HUNTER — Tradename on
NEWTON ARMS CO. — Manufacturer shotguns used by Belknap Hardware
of rifles in Buffalo, N.Y. starting in Co. of Louisville, Ky.
1914. In 1918 failed, and was re-
organized in 1919 as Newton Rifle NITRO PROOF — Tradename used by
Corp., which continued until 1930. J. Stevens Arms Co. on shotguns.
NEWTON RIFLE CORP. — See New- NITRO SPECIAL — Tradename used

ton Arms Co. by J. Stevens Arms Co. on shotguns.
NEW WORCESTER — Tradename on NIVA — Tradename of Kohout &

shotguns made by Torkelson Arms Spol on pistols made in Czecho-
Co., ca. 1905. slovakia.
NEW YORK ARMS CO. — Tradename nmn — WW-II German ordnance code
used by Garnet Carter Co. of Chatta- assigned to Konigs- u. Bismarckhutte
nooga, Tenn. on shotguns made by AG, Walzwerk Bismarckhutte-OS.
NOBLE MFG. CO., INC. — Rifle and
NEW YORK PISTOL CO. — Revolver shotgun maker in Haydenville, Mass.
makers in New York City, ca. 1870. 1950-71.
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NONPARIEL OKZET
NONPARIEL — Tradename of re- assigned to Rheinmetall-Borsig AG,

volvers made by Norwich Falls Pistol Unterlass plant.
Co., ca. 1880.
nyw — WW-II German ordnance code
NORRAHAMMER — Tradename on assigned to Gustloff-Werke, Otto
HVA rifles imported by Tradewinds. Eberhard, Meinigen plant.
NORTH AMERICAN ARMS CO. —

Quebec, Canada, ca. 1918, manu-
facturer of M1911 pistols. O
NORTHWESTERNER — Tradename oa — WW-II German ordnance code
used by J. Stevens Arms Co. on rifles assigned to Eduard Huck, Metall-
and shotguns. walzwerk, Ludenscheid.
NORWICH ARMS CO. — Tradename OAK LEAF — Tradename of J. Stevens

on revolvers probably used by Arms Co. on shotguns.
Norwich Falls Pistol Co., ca. 1880.
oao — WW-II German ordnance code
NORWICH ARMS CO. — Tradename assigned to Anschutz, Kiel-
used on shotguns by Crescent Fire Neumuhlen.
Arms Co.
obn — WW-II German ordnance code
NOT-NAC MFG. CO. — Tradename assigned to Hagenuk, Reichenbach
used by Belknap Hdw. Co. of Louis- plant.
ville) Ky. on shotguns made by
Crescent Fire Arms Co. OCCIDENTAL — Tradename on shot-
guns made in Belgium and imported
nrh — WW-II German ordnance code about 1890.
assigned to Rheinmetall-Borsig,
Sommerda, Germany. ocw — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Heinrich List, Berlin-
NUMRICH ARMS CO. — Current Steglitz, Germany.
manufacturers of sporting and black-
powder arms, machine guns, and odg — WW-II German ordnance code
parts. Present owners of Auto assigned to Deutsche Sprengchemie,
Ordnance (Thompson submachine Oderberg plant, Germany.
guns) and Hopkins & Allen. Located
in West Hurley, N.Y. oes — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Karl Diehl, Peterswaldau.
NWM — Abbreviation for Neder-
landische Wapenen Munitiefabrik in O.H. — Abbreviation for Orbea
S’Hertogenbosch, Holland, manufac- Hermanos on revolvers.
turer of military and sporting arms.
OJANGURAN Y VIDOSA — Hand-
nxr — WW-II German ordnance code gun manufacturers in Eibar, Spain
assigned to Anschutz & Co., Kiel- 1922-38.
Neumuhlen, Germany.
OKZET — Tradename of August
nyv — WW-II German ordnance code Menz.
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OLD TIMER
OLD TIMER — Tradename used by OSGOOD GUN WORKS — Manu-

J. Stevens Arms Co. on shotguns. facturer of revolvers in Norwich,
Conn., ca. 1882.
OLIN KODENSHA CO. LTD. — Manu-
facturer of shotguns in Tokyo, O.V. — Abbreviation for Ojanguran y
Japan, in current production. Vidosa.
ols — WW-II German ordnance code O.W.A. — Abbreviation for Oesterr-

assigned to Union Ges. fur Metall- eichische Werke gws. Anstalt on
industrie, Sils van de Loo, Auschwitz. pistols, ca. 1925 (Austria).
OLYMPIC — Tradename used by J. OXFORD ARMS CO. — Tradename

Stevens Arms Co. on Model 311, used by J. Stevens Arms Co. on shot-
315 and 94 shotguns sold by Morley guns.
& Murphey Hdw. Co. of Green Bay,
Wisc. OXFORD ARMS CO. — Tradename
used by Belknap Hardware of Louis-
O.M.C. — Abbreviation for Ordnance ville, Ky. on shotguns made by
Mfg. Corp., division of T.D.E. Crescent Fire Arms Co.
Marketing in south El Monte, Calif.
oxo — WW-II German ordnance code
OMEGA — Tradename of rifles made assigned to Teuto-Metallwerke
by Hi-Shear Corp. GmbH, Osnabruck.
OMEGA — Tradename of Industria OYEZ ARMS CO. — Pistol makers

Orbea Armera on pistols. in Liege, Belgium.
OMEGA -— Tradename used by OY TIKKAKOSKI AB — Rifle manu-

Gerstenberger & Eberwein on re- facturers in Tikkakoski, Finland
volvers with drop-out cylinders. from about 1964, imported under
the tradenames ““Tikka”’ and “‘Ithaca-
OMEGA — Tradename used by LSA.”
Herman Weihrauch Sportwaffen-
fabrik on revolvers with swing-out oy) — WW-II German ordnance code
cylinders. assigned to Atelier de Construction
de Tarbes, France.
OMNIPOL — Czechoslovakian arms
export organisation in Prague.
122 — WW-II German ordnance code P

assigned to Hugo Schmeisser.
p — WW-II German ordnance code
ORBEA — Orbea Hermanos, manu- assigned to Polte Armaturen- u.
facturer of handguns in Eibar, Spain Maschinenfabrik AG, Magdeburg,
1916-22. Saxony, Germany.
OREA — Tradename on Heeren rifles p — WW-II German ordnance code

made by Orechowsky of Graz, assigned to Ruhrstahl, Brackwede,
Austria, ca. 1930. Germany.
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pad PENETRATOR
pad — WW-II German ordnance code PARKER BROS. — Tradename used

assigned to T. Bergmann & Co., in the mid-1970’s by Jana Inter-
Bernau plant, Berlin, Germany. national Co. on shotguns imported
from Italy.
P.A.F. — Abbreviation for Pretoria
Arms Factory manufacturer of the PARKER-HALE — Current manufac-
“Junior” pocket pistol, ca. 1955; turers of rifles and blackpowder
assets purchased by B.R.F. about arms in Birmingham, England.
1956.
PARKER SAFETY HAMMERLESS —
PAGE-LEWIS ARMS CO. — Chicopee Tradename used by Columbia
Fall, Mass. about 1920. Manufac- Armory, Columbia, Tenn., ca. 1890
tured rifles and was purchased by on revolvers.
J. Stevens Arms Co. in 1926.
PARKHURST, WILLIAM — Arms
PAGOMA — ‘Tradename used by maker in Bristol, England, ca. 1920.
Paxton & Gallagher Co. of Omaha,
Nebr., ca. 1910. PAROLE — Tradename used by Hop-
kins & Allen on revolvers, ca. 1880.
PALMETTO — Tradename used by J.
Stevens Arms Co. on shotguns. PATHFINDER — Tradename used by
Hopkins & Allen on revolvers, ca.
PANTAX — Tradename of E. Woerther 1870.
of Buenos Aires, Argentina on pistols.
PATRIOT — Tradename used on re-
volvers by Norwich Falls Pistol Co.,
PANZER — Tradename used on im- ca. 1880.
ported pistols by Hy Hunter of
Burbank, Calif., ca. 1960. ped — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to T. Bergmann & Co.,
PARAGON — Tradename used on Gernau plant, Berlin, Germany.
revolvers probably by Hopkins &
Allen, ca. 1880. PEDERSEN CUSTOM GUNS — Di-
vision of O.F. Mossberg & Sons.
PARAGON — Tradename used by J.
Stevens Arms Co. on shotguns. PEERLESS — Tradename used on
shotguns by Crescent Fire Arms Co.
PARAMOUNT — _ Tradename of on guns for H & D Folsom Co.
Retolaza Hermanos, of Eibar, Spain,
used on pistols. PEERLESS — Tradename used by J.
Stevens Arms Co. on rifles.
PARKER-BALLARD — Importers of
Marixa shotguns in Wilmington, PELICAN — ‘Tradename used by
Delaware. Ogilvie Hardware Co. of Shreveport,
La.
PARKER BROS. — Meriden, Mass.
1868 until being taken over by PENETRATOR — Tradename used on
Remington Arms Co. in 1934. Shot- revolvers by Norwich Falls Pistol
gun makers. Co., ca. 1880.
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PERAZZI PLAINFIELD ORDNANCE CO.
PERAZZI — (Manifattura Armi PIEPER ARMS CO. — See Henri

Perazzi) Current manufacturer of Pieper.
shotguns in Brescia, Italy, imported
by Ithaca. PIEPER, HENRI — Manufacturer of
sporting arms in Liege, Belgium from
PERFECT — Tradename on revolvers 1884 to 1907 when company be-
made by Foehl & Weeks, ca. 1890. came Ancions Etablissments Pieper.
(Nicolas Pieper).
PERFECT — Tradename used on
pistols by Mre. d’Armes des Pyrenees. PINAFORE — Tradename on re-
volvers from Norwich Falls Pisto
PERFECTION — Tradename used by Co., ca. 1880.
H. & G. Lipscomb & Co. of Nashville,
Tenn. on shotguns by Crescent PINKERTON — Tradename used by
Firearms Co. Gaspar Arizaga on pistols.
PERFECTION AUTOMATIC RE- PIONEER — Tradename used by J.

VOLVER — Tradename used by Stevens Arms Co. on rifles.
Forehand Arms Co. on revolvers,
ca. 1890. PIONEER ARMS CO. — Tradename
used by Kruse Hardware Co. of
PERLA — Tradename on pistols of Cincinnati, Ohio on shotguns made
Czechoslovakian origin. by Crescent Fire Arms Co.
PET-PAT — Tradename used by PIST.AUT. MOD. 1913 — Marking on

Hopkins & Allen on revolvers, ca. Campo Giro 9mm pistol Model 1913
1870. made by Esperanza y Unceta.
P & G — Abbreviation for Paxton & PIST. AUT. MOD. 1913-16 — Marking
Gallagher Co. of Omaha, Nebr. on Campo Giro Model 1913/16 9mm
pistol made by Esperanza y Unceta.
PHOENIX — ‘Tradename used on
rifles by Whitney Arms Co., ca. PITTSFIELD — Tradename used by
1880. Hibbard, Spencer & Bartlett Co. of
Chicago, IIl.
PHOENIX — Tradename used by
Tomas de Urizar y Cia. on pistols pjj — WW-II German ordnance code
(Spain). assigned to Haerens Ammunition-
sarsenalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
PHOENIX ARMS CO. — Lowell,
Mass., ca. 1920, makers of pocket
pistols. PJK, INC. — Manufacturer of the
J & R M-68 carbine in Bradbury,
PIC — Abbreviation and tradename
Calif.
for Precise Imports Corp. in Suffern,
N.Y. PLAINFIELD MACHINE CO. — Cur-
rent manufacturers of M-1 carbines
PIEDMONT — Tradename used by and their variations in Dunellen,
Piedmont Hardware of Danville, Pa. N.J.
on shotguns made by Crescent Fire
Arms Co. PLAINFIELD ORDNANCE CO. —
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PLINKER PUCCINELLI COMPANY
Current manufacturers of pistols in PREMIER — Tradename used by

Middlesex, N.J. Thomas E. Ryan on revolvers, ca.
1870.
PLINKER — Tradename on Rohm
revolvers which are also marked PREMIER — Tradename of Tomas de
“‘Thalco.”’ Urizar y Cia. on pistols (Spain).
PLUS ULTRA — Tradename used on PREMIER — ‘Tradename used by

long-grip pistols by Gabilondo y Cia. Montgomery, Ward & Co.
PMC — Abbreviation for Plainfield PREMIER TRAIL BLAZER — Trade-

Machine Corp. on carbines. name used on rifles by J. Stevens
Arms Co.
POINTER — Tradename used by
Miroku on automatic shotguns. PRICE, J.W. — Tradename used by
POPULAIRE — Tradename on single-
shot bolt action pistols made by Mre. PRIDE OF BRAZIL — Tradename on
Francaise d’Armes et Cycles. shotguns imported by Firearms Im-
port & Export and made by I.N.A. in
POWELL & CLEMENT — Established Brazil.
in 1839 as Palemon Powell in Cin-
cinnati, Ohio. In 1856 became PRIDE OF SPAIN — Tradename used
Powell & Brown, and in 1858 P. on shotguns imported by Sloan’s in
Powell; 1870 Powell & Son, and New York City.
finally Powell & Clement about 1891.
Manufacturer of rifles and shotguns. PROGRESS — Tradename used by
Charles J. Godfrey of New York
POWERMAG — Tradename on re- City.
volvers imported by Herter’s, Inc.
PROTECTOR — Tradename used by
POWERMASTER — Tradename on Echave y Arizmendi on pistols.
single-shot pistols made by Wamo
Mfg. Co.
PROTECTOR — Tradename used by
Norwich Falls Pistol Co. on revolvers,
PRAGA — _ ‘Tradename used by ca. 1880.
Zbrojovka Praga on pistols.
PRAIRIE KING — Tradename on PROTECTOR — Tradename used by

revolvers from Norwich Falls Pistol Santigo Salaberrin.
Co., ca. 1880.
PS — Abbreviation on Italian mili-
PRECISE — Tradename of PIC on tary arms meaning Publica Sicurezza
handguns. (Police).
PREMIER — Importers of shotguns PUCCINELLI COMPANY 7— Manu-

in Brooklyn, N.Y. since 1955. facturer and importer since 1964.
Established in Brescia, Italy, now
PREMIER — Tradename on rifles also located in San Anselmo, Calif.
used by J. Stevens Arms Co. Developer of the IAB shotgun.
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PURDEY, JAMES & SONS RANGER ARMS
PURDEY, JAMES & SONS — Sport-

ing arms makers in London, England
R
since 1816.
r — WW-II German ordnance code
pvf — WW-II German ordnan¢ée code
assigned to Westfalische-Anhaltische
assigned to Optische Werke O.
Sprengstoff AG, Reinsdorf plant.
Reichert, Vienna, Austria.
ra — WW-II German ordnance code
P.Z.K. — Abbreviation for Posumavska
assigned to Deutsche Messingwerke,
Zbrojovka.
C. Eveking AG, Berlin-Niederschon-
weide, Germany.
RA — Abbreviation on Italian military

arms meaning Regia Aeronautica
Q (Air Force).
R.A. — Abbreviation and tradename

qa — WW-II German ordnance code of Republic Arms, current handgun
assigned to William Prym, Stolberg, makers in Johannesburg, South
Rheinland, Germany. Africa.
qrb — WW-II German ordnance code RADIUM — Tradename on pistols

assigned to Pyrotechnische Fabrik, possibly made by Gabilondo y
Bologna, Italy. Urresti.
QUACKENBUSH, H.M. — Manu- RADOM — Term used to describe the

facturer of rifles and air guns in VIS Model 35 pistol made by
Herkimer, N.Y., ca. 1880. Fabryka Broni w Radomiu in Poland.
QUAIL — Tradename used by Cres- RALOCK -— ‘Tradename used by

cent Fire Arms Co. on shotguns. B.S.A. on semi-auto rifles.
QUAILS FARGO — Tradename used RANGER — Tradename used on re-

by Dakin Gun Co., and after 1965 volvers by Hopkins & Allen, ca.
by Simmons Specialties, Inc. of 1880.
Olathe, Kansas.
RANGER — ‘Tradename used by
Firearms International on _ pistols
QUALITY HARDWARE AND MA- made by Mre. d’Armes des Pyrenees.
CHINE CO. — Manufacturer of M-1
carbines during WW-II in Chicago,
Ill. RANGER — Tradename on rifles and
shotguns from J. Stevens Arms Co.
QUEEN CITY — Tradename of Elmira
Arms Co. on shotguns made by RANGER — Tradename used by
Crescent Fire Arms Co. Sears, Roebuck & Co. on various
arms, ca. 1925.
qve — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Karl Walther, Zella- RANGER ARMS — Rifle maker in
Mehlis, Thuringia, Germany. Gainesville, Tex. in the early 1970s,
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RE RG
best known for the “‘Texas Magnum”’ RELIABLE — Tradename on re-

rifles. volvers used by Hopkins & Allen,
ca. 1880.
RE — Abbreviation on Italian military
arms meaning Regia Esercito (Royal RELIANCE — Tradename used by
Army). Meunier Gun Co. of Milwaukee,
Wisc., ca. 1880.
RECK SPORTWAFFENFABRIK —
Postwar manufacturer of handguns REMINGTON ARMS CO. — Estab-
in Lauf/Pegnitz, West Germany. Im- lished in 1816 by Eliphalet Reming-
ported into the U.S. until 1968 ton in Herkimer County, N.Y. In
under many brand names. 1831 moved to Ilion, N.Y. and in
1856 became E. Remington & Sons.
RED CHIEFTAIN — Tradename used In 1888 became Remington Arms
by Supplee, Biddle Hdw. Co. of Co., 1910 became Remington Arms
Philadelphia, Pa. U.M.C. Co., and finally in 1925 again
became Remington Arms Co. Manu-
RED JACKET — Tradename on re- facturers of all types of sporting
volvers made by Lee Arms, ca. 1870. arms.
REFORM — Tradename used by REMO — Tradename used by Ge-

August Schueler of Suhl, Germany bruder Rempt of Suhl, Germany
on 4-barrel pistols, ca. 1904. before WW-II on rifles.
REGENT — Tradename used on re- RENARD — Tradename of Echave y

volvers by Karl Burgsmuller in West Arizmendi on pistols.
Germany. »
RETRIEVER — Tradename on re-
REGENT — Tradename on revolvers volvers from Thomas Ryan, ca.
used by Firearms International in the 1870.
US.
REVELATION — Tradename used on
REGENT — ‘Tradename used on sporting arms made for Western
pistols by Gregorio Bolumburu. Auto Stores.
REGINA — Tradename of Gregorio REV-O-NOC — Tradename used by

Bolumburu on pistols. Hibbard-Spencer-Bartlett Co. of Chi-
cago, Ill. on shotguns made by Cres-
REGNUM — Tradename used by cent Fire Arms Co.
August Menz of Suhl, Germany on
4-barrel pistols. REX — Tradename used by Gregorio
Bolumburu on pistols.
REIMS PATENT — Tradename of
RF — Tradename used by Rohm on
Azanza y Arrizabalaga on pistols.
revolvers.
REINA — Tradename on rifles made RG — Abbreviation for Rohm Gesell-

by Manufrance. schaft on guns from West Germany,
in the U.S. on guns made by RG
REINA — Tradename of Mre. d’Armes Industries following the German
des Pyrenees on pistols. pattern.
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RG INDUSTRIES ROMANSKI, B.
RG INDUSTRIES — Manufacturer of RIVERSIDE ARMS CO. — Trade-

handguns in Miami, Fla. on the pat- name used by Stevens Arms & Tool
tern of guns made by Rohm Gesell- Co.
schaft of West Germany.
rln — WW-II German ordnance code
RHEINMETALL — Tradename of assigned to Karl Zeiss, Jena.
Rheinische Metallwaren Fabrik.
RM — Abbreviation on Italian mili-
RHODE ISLAND ARMS CO. — Manu- tary arms meaning Regia Marina
facturer of Morrone shotguns in (Royal Navy).
Hope Valley, R.I. from 1948 to
1953. RMAC — Tradename and abbreviation
of Rocky Mountain Arms Co.
R.I.C. — Abbreviation for Royal Irish
Constabulary on Webley revolvers. ROB ROY — Tradename on revolvers
RICHARDS, W. — Tradename on
Belgian shotguns imported about ROBAR ET DE KIRHOVE — Arms
1900. makers in Liege, Belgium starting
about 1920. In 1927 became L.
RICHLAND ARMS CO. — Importers Robar, in 1933 Robar & Co., in
in Blissfield, Mich. since 1973. 1948 Societe Robar et Cie until
about 1959.
RICHTER, CHARLES — Tradename
on shotguns made for New York ROBIN HOOD — Tradename used by
Sporting Goods Co. by Crescent Fire Hood Firearms Co. on revolvers, ca.
Arms Co. 1880.
RICKARD ARMS — Tradename of ROCHESTER DEFENCE CORP. —

J.A. Rickard Co. of Schenectady, Predecessor to National Postal Meter
N.Y. on shotguns made by Crescent in Rochester, NY, manufacturer of
Fire Arms Co. M-1 carbines during WW-II.
RIEDL, JAMES — Manufacturer of ROCK-OLA MFG. CO. — Manufac-

single shot rifles in San Juan Capis- turer of M-1 carbines in Chicago, III.
trano, Calif. since 1972. during WW-II.
RINO GALESI — Tradename of ROHM GESELLSCHAFT — Current

Rigarmi, used on pistols. manufacturer of handguns_ in
Sontheim/Brenz, West Germany. Im-
RIOT — Tradename used by J. Stevens ported into the U.S. under many
Arms Co. on shotguns. tradenames, and with some models
being made now by RG Industries in
the U.S.
RIVAL — Tradename on rifles made
by Manufrance.
ROLAND — Tradename of Francisco
Arizmendi.
RIVAL — Tradename used by Van
Camp Hardware of Indianapolis, ROMANSKI, B. — Current manufac-
Indiana on shotguns made by Cres- turer of target arms in Oberndorf,
cent Fire Arms Co. West Germany.
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ROME REVOLVER SrerAtelGiesese Mis
ROME REVOLVER AND NOVELTY RUGER — See Sturm, Ruger & Co.
WORKS — Makers of revolvers in
Rome, N.Y., ca. 1880. RUMMEL — Tradename of Ad.
Rummel Arms Co. of Toledo, Ohio
ROMO — Tradename used on Rohm on shotguns from Crescent Fire
revolvers. Arms Co.
ROSCO — ‘‘Rosco Arms Co.”’ marked RUPERTUS, JACOB — Also known

on Rohm revolvers that are also as Rupertus Pat’d. Pistol Mfg. Co.
marked ‘“‘Vestpocket.” from 1858 to 1899. Made various
types of handguns in Philadelphia, Pa.
ROSSI, MAEDEO S.A. — Sao Leopol-
do, Brazil from about 1965, manu- RWS — Abbreviation for Rheinische-
facturer of sporting arms. Westfalische Sprengstoff, cartridge
makers since 1931 in various cities
ROUTLEDGE MFG. CO. — Small in Germany.
arms maker in Monroe, Mich., ca.
1950. RYAN, THOMAS — Manufacturer of
revolvers in Norwich, Conn. 1890-93.
ROWEN, BECKER CO. — Manufac-
turer of M-1 carbines in Waterville,
Ohio, ca. 1948.
ROYAL — Tradename on revolvers

possibly from Hopkins & Allen, ca.
1880.
S
ROYAL — Tradename of Zulaica y s — WW-II German ordnance code
Cia. on pistols. assigned to Dynamit AG (A. Nobel &
Co.), Lumbrays plant.
ROYAL GUN CO. — Tradename used
by Three Barrel Gun Co. of Wheeling, SABOTTI & TANFOGLIO FABBRICA
W. Va., ca. 1906 on shotguns. D’ARMI — Manufacturer of SATA
pistols in Brescia, Italy. Reported
ROYAL SERVICE — Tradename used out of business 1958.
by Shapleigh Hardware Co. of St.
Louis, Mo. S.A.C.M. — Abbreviation for Soc.
Alsacienne de Constructions
RUBI — Tradename on pistols from Mecaniques.
Etablecimientos Venturini in South
SACO — Abbreviation and tradename
America.
of Security Arms Co. of Arlington,
Va., importers.
RUBY — Generic term applied to the
standard pattern of French WW-I SAFETY POLICE — Tradename used
pistols in .82 ACP caliber manufac- by Hopkins & Allen on revolvers, ca.
tured under license from Gabilondo 1890.
y Cia. in Spain.
S.A.G.E.M. — Abbreviation for Soc.
RUBY — Tradename of Gabilondo y de Applications General Electriques
Cia. and used on pistols and revolvers. et Mecaniques.
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SAGINAW STEERING GEAR Sees Avehls
SAGINAW STEERING GEAR — A S.B.A. — Abbreviation for Santa

division of General Motors that Barbara Arms on Mauser type rifle
manufactured M-1 carbines in actions.
Saginaw and Grand Rapids, Mich.
during WW-II. SCHILLING, V.C. — Military arms
and sporting rifle manufacturer in
SANDERSON’S — Importers in Suhl, Germany.
Portage, Wisc.
SCHILLING, V. CHARLES — Manu-
SANNA — Tradename of Dan Pienaar facturer of Bergmann pistols in Suhl,
Enterprises of Johannesburg, South Germany. Also produced sporting
Africa on machine pistols. and military arms.
SANTA BARBARA — Tradename of SCHMIDT & HABERMAN -— Sporting

Santa Barbara of America, Inc. of arms makers in Suhl, Germany 1920-
Irving, Tx. on rifles made by La AO.
Caruna Arsenal in Spain.
SCHULTZ & LARSEN — Sporting
SANTA MONICA GUNS — Custom arms makers in Otterup, Denmark.
rifle makers in Santa Monica, Calif.,
ca. 1950. SCHWARZLOSE — Pistol and ma-
chine gun manufacturer in Linsen-
SARASQUETA, VICTOR — Sporting platz, Germany 1911-27.
arms manufacturer in Eibar, Spain
from 1934. SCHWEIZERISCHE INDUSTRIE
GESELLSCHAFT — See S.1.G.
SARMCO — Importer of sporting
arms in Seattle, Wash., ca. 1970. SCOTT ARMS CO. — Tradename on
revolvers probably from the Norwich
SATA — Tradename of Sabotti & Falls Pistol Co., ca. 1880.
Tanfoglio Fabbrica d’Armi on pistols.
SCOTT REVOLVER-RIFLE — Trade-
SATURN — Tradename of custom name used by Hopkins & Allen on
rifles made by Santa Monica Guns, long barreled revolvers, ca. 1880.
Santa Monica, Calif., ca. 1950.
SCOTT, W. & C. — Military and sport-
SAUER, J.P. & SOHN — Manufac- ing arms makers in London and
turer of sporting and military arms Birmingham, England from 1853
established in Suhl, Germany in until they merged with P. Webley &
1751. Now located in Eckenforde, Son to form Webley & Scott in 1898.
West Germany.
SCOUT — Tradename used by Frank-
SAVAGE ARMS CORP. — Established furt Hardware of Milwaukee, Wisc.
in 1893 in Utica, N.Y. as Savage on revolvers made by Hood Firearms
Repeating Arms Co. In 1899 was ca. 1870.
renamed Savage Arms Co. and in
1917 was incorporated and called SCOUT — Tradename used by J.
Savage Arms Corp. The firm is now Stevens Arms Co. on shotguns.
in Westfield, Mass. and controls J.
Stevens Arms Co., Springfield Arms S.E.A.M. — Abbreviation for Soc.
Co., and A.H. Fox. Espanola de Armas y Municiones.
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SEARS SICKEL'S ARMS CO.
SEARS — Tradename on firearms guns made in Japan by Nikko Arms

made for Sears, Roebuck & Co. by Co. Ltd.
various makers.
SHARPE & HART — Importer of
SECOURS — Tradename of Tomas de Schultz & Larsen rifles in Emmits-
Urizar y Cia. burg, Md., ca. 1960, later called
Philip B. Sharpe Associates, ca. 1965.
SECRET SERVICE SPECIAL —
Tradename used by the Fred Bifflar SHARP’S ARMS CO. — Manufac-
Co. of Chicago, Ill. on revolvers turer of replica Sharp’s rifles in Salt
made by Iver Johnson and by Lake City, Utah 1969 until pur-
Meriden Firearms Co. chased by Colt in 1970.
SECURITY INDUSTRIES OF SHARPSHOOTER — Tradename used

AMERICA — Current manufacturer on pistols by Hijos de Calixto Arriza-
of revolvers in Little Ferry, NJ. balaga.
SEDGLEY, R.F., INC. — Successor to SHATTUCK, C.S. ARMS CO. — Hat-

Henry M. Kolb, maker of “Baby field, Mass. 1880 to 1910. Makers of
Hammerless’’ revolvers in 1910 in revolvers, palm pistols, and shotguns.
Philadelphia, Pa. Also made sporting
rifles, and ceased operations in 1938. SHEFFIELD — Tradename used by A.
Baldwin & Co..of New Orleans, La.,
SELECTA — Tradename on pistols ca. 1900.
used by Echave y Arizmendi (Spain).
SHERIDAN PRODUCTS, INC. —
SELECTA — Tradename on pistols Manufacturer of single-shot pistols in
used by Mre. d’Armes des Pyrenees Racine, Wisc. 1953-60.
(France).
SHIKAR — Tradename used by Voere
SENIORITA — Tradename used by on rifles.
Rohm on revolvers.
SHILEN RIFLES, INC. — Current
SERVICE ARMAMENT CO.-— rifle and barrel maker in Ennis,
Founded in 1957 by Val J. Forgett, Texas.
Jr. as importers of surplus military
arms and ammunition. They now SHILOH PRODUCTS — Current
import Webley & Scott shotguns, makers of reproduction Sharp's Rifles
Fiocchi Ammunition, and collector’s in Farmingdale, N.Y.
guns. Also see Navy Arms, Classic
Arms. SHORTY — ‘Tradename used by
Rohm on revolvers.
S.F.M. — Abbreviation for Soc.
Francaise des Munitions de Chasse SHUE’S SPECIAL — Tradename used
et de Tir of St. Etienne, France. by Ira M. Shue Co. of Hanover, Pa.,
ca. 1900.
S & H — Abbreviation for Sharpe &
Hart, importers in Emmitsburg, Md., SICKEL’S ARMS CO. — Tradename
ca. 1960. used by Robert Sickels & Preston
Co., Davenport, Iowa on shotguns
SHADOW — Tradename used on shot- imported from Belgium.
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S.1.G. SPENCER ARMS CO.
S.1.G. — Abbreviation for Schweizer- S. MFG. CO. — Tradename of Singer

ische Industrie Gesellschaft in Neu- Manufacturing Co. of Elizabeth, N.J.
hasen, Switzerland since 1857. on M1911A1 pistols made in 1942.
Manufacturer of all types of sporting
and military arms. SMFM — Abbreviation for Societe de
Fab. Mech. of St. Etienne, France.
SILE DISTRIBUTORS — Current Manufacturer of electrically fired
importers in N.Y.C. guns, cal. 1965.
SIMPLEX — Model of Bergmann SMITH, OTIS A. — Manufacturer of

pistol that was made by several revolvers 1873-90 in Middlefield and
firms. Rockfall, Conn. ;
SIMPSON — Tradename on revolvers SMOKER — Tradename on revolvers

made by Iver Johnson for J.P. Lovell from Johnson, Bye & Co., ca. 1875.
& Co. of Boston, Mass.
SMOKEY CITY — Tradename on
SIMSON & CO. — Suhl, Germany revolvers made by Iver Johnson for
1910-39, makers of bayonets, rifles, J.P. Lovell of Boston, Mass.
and pistols. Also known as Waffen-
fabrik Simson. SOCIETE ROBAR ET CIE. — See
Robar et De Kirhove.
SINGER — Tradename on pistols
used by Arizmendi y Goenaga. SODIA, FRANZ — Manufacturer of
sporting arms in Ferlach, Austria
660 — WW-II German ordnance code since 1934.
Steyr, Austria. SOLINGEN CUTLERY — Importers
in Montrose, Calif. of German re-
skd — WW-II German ordnance code volvers, ca. 1970.
assigned to Selve-Kornbiegel-Dorn-
heim AG, Suhl plant, Germany. SOSSO, GIULLIO — Pistol designer
in Turin, Italy, later pistols made by
SKB — Current manufacturer of Fabb. Nazionale Armi in Brescia,
sporting arms in Japan. Italy.
SLAVIA — Tradename on pistols SOUTHERN ARMS CO. — Trade-

from A. Vilimek. name used by H & D Folsom Co. on
shotguns made by Crescent Fire
SLOAN’S SPORTING GOODS -— Im- Arms Co.
porter formerly of New York City,
now in Ridgefield, Conn. Trade- SPECIAL SERVICE — Tradename
names include Charles Daly and used on shotguns made by Crescent
LOS Fire Arms Co. for Shapleigh Hdw.
Co.
S - M CORP. — Abbreviation for
Sydney Manson Corp., manufacturer SPENCER ARMS CO. — Windsor,
of single-shot pistols in Alexandria, Conn., ca. 1887, makers of repeating
Var shotguns.
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SPENCER GUN CO. STANLEY
SPENCER GUN CO. — Tradename SPRINTER — Tradename used by

used by Hibbard & Spencer Bartlett Garate Anitua y Cia. of Eibar, Spain
on shotguns made by Crescent Fire on pistols.
Arms Co.
SPY — Tradename used by Norwich
SPENCER REPEATING RIFLE CO. Falls Pistol Co. on revolvers, ca.
— Boston, Mass. from 1862 until it 1880.
was purchased by Winchester Repeat-
ing Arms Co. in 1869. Spencer was SQUARE DEAL — Tradename used
also associated with the Roper Re- by Stratton-Warren Hdw. Co. of
peating Rifle Co. which for a time Memphis, Tenn. on shotguns made
made the Spencer-Roper Shotgun. by Crescent Fire Arms Co.
SPENCER SAFETY HAMMERLESS SQUIBMAN — Tradename on arms

— Tradename used by the Columbia made by Squires Bingham of the
Armory, Columbia, Tenn. on re- Philippines, imported by Century
volvers, ca. 1892. Arms.
SPESCO CORP. — Importers of fire- SQUIRES BINGHAM Current

arms located in Atlanta, Ga. since makers of sporting arms in Makati,
about 1970. Rizal, Philippines.
SPORTCO — Tradename used by S & S — Tradename and abbreviation

Omark Australia Ltd. of St. Marys, of J.P. Sauer & Sohn.
South Australia on sporting arms.
SS-25 — Tradename on pistols made
SPORTSMAN — Tradename used by by Bar-Sto Precision in Burbank,
J. Stevens Arms Co. on Model 315 Calif., ca. 1973.
and Model 90 shotguns.
STAFFS-BILT — Tradename of Staggs
Enterprises in Phoenix, Arizona, ca.
SPORTSMAN — Tradename used by 1970.
W. Bingham Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
on shotguns made by Crescent Fire STAKE, T.W. — Reported to be trade-
Arms Co. name of Schoverling, Daly, & Gales
of New York City, ca. 1900.
SPRINGFIELD — U.S. Government
armory that manufactured military STALLION — Tradename on revolvers
arms in Springfield, Mass. from imported by J.L. Galef & Son.
1782.
STANDARD ARMS CO. — Manufac-
turer of rifles in Wilmington, Del.
SPRINGFIELD ARMS — Tradename
1909-11.
used by Crescent Fire Arms Co. on
shotguns. PRODUCTS CO. —
STANDARD
Manufacturer of M-1 carbine during
s
SPRINGFIELD ARMS CO. — Sport- WW-II in Port Clinton, Ohio.
ing arms manufacturer in Springfield,
Mass. since 1851, and is now part of STANLEY — Tradename on shotguns
Savage Arms Corp. imported from Belgium, ca. 1900.
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STAR SWAMP ANGEL
STAR — Tradename of Bonafacio STOEGER INDUSTRIES — Manu-

Echeverria. facturer and importer established in
N.Y.C. 1924, now located in South
STAR GAUGE — Tradename used by Hackensack, N.J.
Interarms on shotguns imported
from Spain. STOSEL — Tradename used by
Retolaza Hermanos.
STATE ARMS CO. — Tradename used
by J.H. Lau & Co. of New York STRIKER — Tradename used by
City on shotguns made by Crescent Hopkins & Allen on revolvers, ca.
Fire Arms Co. 1870.
STERLING ARMS CORP. — Manu- STUKA — Tradename used by Hy

facturer of pistols and rifles, es- Hunter of Burbank, Calif. on im-
tablished 1968 in Buffalo, N.Y. In ported pistols, ca. 1960.
1973 purchased by E. & R. Machine
and moved to Gasport, N.Y., 1978 STURM, RUGER & CO. — Manu-
moved to Lockport, N.Y. facturer of sporting arms in South-
port, Conn.
STERLING ARMS CORP. — Trade-
name used by H & D Folsom Co. on ST. W. — Abbreviation for Stenda
shotguns made by Crescent Fire Werke.
Arms Co.
SULLIVAN ARMS CO. — Tradename
STENDA WERKE WAFFENBAU — used by Sullivan Hdw. in Anderson,
Makers of the Beholla pistol from S.C. on shotguns made by Crescent
about 1920 to the mid-1920’s. Fire Arms Co.
STERN — Tradename on pistols used SUPER DESTROYER — Tradename

by Albin Wahl. used by Gaztanaga, Trocaola y
Ibarzabal on pistols.
STEVENS, J. ARMS & TOOL CO. —
Established in 1864 in Chicopee SUPER DREADNAUGHT — Trade-
Falls, Mass. Absorbed Page-Lewis name used by J. Stevens Arms Co.
Arms Co., Davis-Warner Arms Co., on shotguns.
and Crescent Fire Arms Co. in 1926,
and was in turn absorbed by Savage SUPER RANGE GOOSE — Trade-
Arms Corp. in 1936. name used by J. Stevens Arms Co.
ST. HUBERT — Tradename of Mre. SUPER RANGER — Tradename used

d’Armes des Pyrenees. by Sears, Roebuck & Co.
STINGRAY — Tradename on .25 acp svw — WW-II German ordnance code

pistols used by Hy Hunter on guns assigned to Mauser-Werke, Oberndorf
imported from Germany, ca. 1960. on the Neckar, Germany.
ST. LOUIS ARMS CO. — Tradename S & W — Abbreviation for Smith &
used by Shapleigh Hardware Co. of Wesson. 57
St. Louis, Mo. on shotguns made by
Crescent Fire Arms Co. SWAMP ANGEL — Tradename used
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SWIFT TERRIBLE
by Forehand & Wadsworth on re- pistols in Punta Alta, Argentina.

volvers, ca. 1872.
TANARMI — Tradename on pistols
SWIFT — Tradename used on re- imported by Excam.
volvers by Iver Johnson, ca. 1900.
TANQUE — Tradename on guns made
SWIFT DA. — Tradename used by for Ojanguren y Vidosa.
Hopkins & Allen on revolvers made
for J.P. Lovel of Boston, Mass., TARGA — Tradename used by Excam
ca. 1900. on Italian pistols, ca. 1976.
SWIFT RIFLE CO. — Manufacturer TARN — Tradename on pistols made

of military arms in London, ca. by Swift Rifle Co. in London,
943. England, ca. 1943.
swp — WW-II German ordnance code TAULER — ‘Tradename used by

assigned to Waffenwerke Brunn AG, Tauler of Madrid, Spain on pistols
Brunn, Czechoslovakia. made by Gabilondo y Cia. of
Elgoibar, Spain.
SYCO — Tradename used by Wyeth
Hardware of St. Joseph, Mo. TAURUS — Tradename for Forjas
Taurus S.A. of P. Alegre, Brazil
SYMPATHIQUE — Tradename on on revolvers currently manufactured.
pistols from Mre. d’Armes des
Pyrenees.
TDA — Tradename on Thermody-
namic Systems revolvers distributed
by E.M.F. of Studio City, Calif.
T
TDE MARKETING CORP. — Maker
t — WW-II German ordnance code of AutoMag and Backup pistols in
assigned to Dynamit AG, Troisdorf South El Monte, Calif.
plant.
TECHNI-MEC — Tradename on shot-
ta — WW-II German ordnance code guns currently made by Fabbrica
assigned to Durener Metallwerke, d’Armi di Isidoro Rizzini of Brescia,
AG, Berlin-Borsigwalde, Germany. Italy.
TAC — Tradename on carbines made TED WILLIAMS — Tradename used

by Demro Products of Manchester, by Sears, Roebuck & Co. on rifles
Conn. (formerly Foxco). and shotguns from various makers.
T.A.C. — Abbreviation for Trucaola,

Aranzabal y Cia. TEN STAR — Tradename used on
imported Belgian shotguns, ca. 1900
TALA — Tradename used by Tallares for Geller, Ward & Hasner of St.
de Armas Livianas Argentinas. Louis, Mo.
TALLARES ARMAS _ LIVIANAS TERRIBLE — Tradename on pistols

ARGENTINAS — Manufacturer of from Hijos de Calixto Arrizabalaga.
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TERRIER TOMMA
TERRIER — Tradename used on re- Current manufacturer of handguns

volvers by Tryon Bros., guns made and blackpowder arms in Rochester,
by J. Rupertus, ca. 1880. N.H.
TERROR — Tradename on revolvers THUNDER — Tradename used by M.

from Forehand & Wadsworth, ca. Bascaran on pistols.
1870.
THUNDERBIRD — Model of Cody
TEUF- TEUF — Tradename on pistols Mfg. Corp. revolver.
made by Arizmendi y Goenaga of
TIGER — Tradename used by J.H.
Eibar, Spain and should not be con-
fused with the Belgian guns with a
Hall Co. of Nashville, Tenn. on shot-
similar name. guns made by Crescent Fire Arms
Co.
TEXAS RANGER — Tradename used TIGRE — Tradename on pistols by
by J. Stevens Arms Co. on single Garate, Anitua y Cia.
shot shotguns for Montgomery Ward
& Co. TIKKA — Tradename on rifles made
by Oy Tikkakoski.
T.G.E. — Abbreviation for Tokyo
Gas & Electric, used on Baby Nambu TINGLE MFG. CO. — Manufacturer
pistols. of blackpowder arms in Shelbyville,
Ind. since about 1960.
THALCO — Tradename on Rohm re-
volvers. TITAN — Tradename used on pistols
made by ‘Tanfoglio Giuseppi in
THALMAN-WERK, ERNST VEB — Brescia, Italy, and imported by
Manufacturer of sporting arms in E.I.G. before 1968. Now made in
Suhl, Germany since 1945. Successor the U.S. by F.LE.
to C.G. Haenel.
TITAN — Tradename of Retolaza
THAMES ARMS CO. — Makers of Hermanos on pistols (Spain).
double action revolvers in Norwich,
Conn., ca. 1907, possibly tradename TITANIC. — Tradename of Retolaza
of H & A or H &R. Also reported Hermanos on pistols.
to be tradename used by Charles J.
Godfrey of N.Y.C. TOBIN ARMS CO. — Shotgun manu-
facturer in Norwich, Conn. from
THAYER, ROBINSON & CARY — 1905-09, and in Woodstock, Ontario,
Makers of double action revolvers in Canada from 1910-23.
Norwich, Conn., ca. 1907.
TOBIN SIMPLEX — Tradename used
THERMODYNAMIC SYSTEMS — by Tobin Arms Co.
Tradename on revolvers distributed
by E.M.F. of Studio City, Calif. TOKAGYPT — Tradename used on
pistols made for the Egyptian army
THOMPSON AUTOMATICS — See by Femaru Fegyver es Gepgyar of
Auto Ordnance. Budapest, Hungary.
THOMPSON/CENTER ARMS CO. — TOMMA — Tradename on 4-barrel
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TOMPKINS TYROL SPORTING ARMS CO.
pistols made by H.D.H., in Liege, name used by Mre. d’Armes des

Belgium, and also by an unknown Pyrenees.
firm in Germany, ca. 1920.
TRIPLE S DEVELOPMENT CO. —
TOMPKINS — Tradename on pistols Manufacturer of rifles and shotgun
made by Varsity Mfg. Co. of Spring- chokes in Wickliffe, Ohio since 1974.
field, Mass., ca. 1947.
TRIPLEX — Tradename of Domingo
TORKELSON ARMS CO. — Shotgun Acha on pistols.
makers in Warren, Mass. from 1903-
08. TRIUMPH — Tradename used by J.
TOURISTE — Tradename used by
Mre. d’Armes des Pyrenees on TRUE BLUE — Tradename used by
pistols. Norwich Falls Pistol Co. on re-
volvers, ca. 1880.
TOWER’S POLICE SAFETY — Trade-
name used by Hopkins & Allen on TRUST SUPRA — Tradename used by
revolvers, ca. 1875. Garate-Anitua y Cia. on pistols.
TOWNLEY’S PAL — Tradename used T-62 — Tradename used by Hy Hunter

by Townley Hardware Co., Kansas of Burbank, Calif. on pistols, ca.
City, Mo., ca. 1900. 1960.
TOZ — Tradename of Tulski Oruz- TUE-TUE — Tradename used by

heinyi Zavod on pistols. Galand Arms Co. on revolvers.
TRADEWINDS — Importers in Ta- TURNER & ROSS — Tradename on

coma, Wash. from about 1954 to revolvers made by Hood Firearms
1974. Co., ca. 1875.
TRAMP’S TERROR — Tradename 237 — WW-II German ordnance code

used by Hood Firearms Co. on re- assigned to Mauser-Werke, Oberndorf
volvers, ca. 1880. on the Neckar, Germany.
TRAPS BEST — Tradename used by 27 — WW-II German ordnance code

Watkins-Cottrell Co. of Richmond, assigned to B. Geipel GmbH, Waffen-
Va; fabrik Erma, Erfurt, Germany.
TREJO — See Armas Trejo, A.A. TYCOON — Tradename used by John-

son, Bye & Co. on revolvers, ca.
TRIDENT — Tradename on Colt type 1875.
revolvers made in South Africa by
Induna. T.Y.E. — Abbreviation of Tomas de
Urizar y Cia. of Eibar, Spain.
TRIOMPHE — Tradename on pistols
from Apaolozo Hermanos. TYROL SPORTING ARMS CO. —
Importers in the early 1960’s in St.
TRIOMPHE FRANCAISE — Trade- Albans, Vt., until 1968.
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ua UNIVERSAL SPORTING GOODS
U UNION — ‘Tradename used _ by

Fabrique a St. Etienne on long
gripped .25 acp pistols (France).
ua — WW-II German ordnance code
UNION ARMS CO. — See Union
assigned to Osnabrucker Kupfer- u.
Firearms Co.
Drahtwerke AG, Osnabruck.
UNION FIREARMS CO. — Toledo,
U.A.E. — Abbreviation for Union
Ohio from 1903 until purchased by
Armera Ejibaressa.
Ithaca Gun Co. in 19138. Manufac-
UBERTO, ALDO & C. — Current turer of shotguns and unusual re-
manufacturer of sporting arms in volvers. Also known as Union Arms
Ponte Zanano, Italy. Best known for Co.
their single action colt type re-
volvers. UNION JACK — Tradename on re-
volvers made by Hood Firearms Co.,
UHLINGER, W.L. & CO. — Phila- ca. 1880.
delphia, Pa., ca. 1880, manufacturer
of revolvers. UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE
CO. — Established in 1886 in Bridge-
UMA JAGD U. SPORTWAFFEN port, Conn., manufacturer of am-
FABRIK — Manufacturer of sporting munition and powder flasks. Merged
arms in Munich, West Germany since with Remington Arms Co. in 1902.
OF
UNION I — Tradename used on .25
U.M.C. — Abbreviation for Union acp pistols made for Esperanza y
Metallic Cartridge Co. Unceta (Spain).
U.M.C. ARMS CO. — Tradename on UNIQUE — Tradename used by C.S.

revolvers probably used by Norwich Shattuck on revolvers, ca. 1880.
Falls Pistol Co., ca. 1880. Not to be
confused with U.M.C. UNIQUE — Tradename used by
Mre. d’Armes des Pyrenees on sport-
UNBRAUCHBAR -— West German ing arms.
rejection mark on gun parts, means
“useless.” UNIS — Tradename used by Mre.
d’Armes des Pyrenees (France).
U-9 — Tradename of rifles made for
Herters, Inc. by B.S.A. UNIS — Tradename used by Santigo
Salaberrin (Spain).
UNCETA Y ESPERANZA — See
Astra. UNITED STATES ARMS CORP. —
Manufacturer of revolvers in River-
UNCLE SAM — Tradename used by head, N.Y. since 1976.
Iver Johnson, and also by J. Palmer
O’Neal Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa. UNIVERSAL SPORTING GOODS,
INC. — Hialeah, Fla. since 1964,
UNDERWOOD-ELLIOT-FISHER CO. manufacturer of M-1 carbines and
Manufacturer of M-1 carbines during their variations, and importer of
WW-II at Hartford, Conn. Russian shotguns.
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UN-QUALITY VERNEY -CARRON
UN-QUALITY — Marking on re- VALOR IMPORTS CORP. — Current

ceivers of M-1 carbines made during importer in Hialeah, Fla.
WW-II by Union Switch & Signal
and assembled by Underwood-Elliot- VALTION KIVAARI TEHDAS —
Fisher. Jyvaskyla, Finland (State Rifle Fac-
tory). In 19385 they manufactured
U.S. ARMS & CUTLERY CO. — Ro- the Lahti pistol.
chester, N.Y., ca. 1876, manufac-
turer of knife pistols and unusual VAP — Tradename and abbreviation
arms. of Vapen Specialists AB of Stock-
holm, Sweden since 1957. Manu-
U.S. ARMS CO. — Brooklyn, N.Y. facturer of free rifles.
1874-78, manufacturer of revolvers.
VARSITY MFG. CO. — Manufac-
U.S. ARMS CO. — New York City turer of Tompkins pistols, ca. 1947
1874-78, manufacturer of knife in Springfield, Mass.
pistols and revolvers.
V.B. — Abbreviation of Vincenzo
U.S. ARMS CO. — Tradename on Bernardelli on pistols.
shotguns made for H & D Folsom
Co. by Crescent Fire Arms Co. V.C.S. — Abbreviation for V. Charles
Schilling on pistols.
U.S. REVOLVER CO. — Tradename
used by Iver Johnson on revolvers. ve — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Cartoucherie de Valence.
U. S. & S. — Tradename and abbrevia-
tion for Union Switch & Signal of VEB FAHRZEUG U. GERATEWERK
Swissvale, Pa. on M1911A1 pistols SIMSON — Current manufacturer of
made in 1943. sporting arms in Suhl, East Germany.
U.S. SMALL ARMS CO. — Chicago, VEGA — Manufacturer of M1911

Ill., ca. 1917, manufacturer of knife frames in Sacramento, Calif. since
pistols. about 1976.
VENCEDOR — Tradename used by

San Martin y Cia. on pistols.
V VENTURA IMPORTS — Current im-

porters of shotguns in Seal Beach,
Calif.
va — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Kabel- u. Metallwerke VENUS — Tradename on pistols from
Neumeyer AG, Nurnberg, Germany. Tomas de Urizar y Cia.
VAINQUER — Tradename used by VER-CAR — Tradename of Verney-

Aurelio Mendiola. Carron.
VALIANT — Tradename used by J. VERNEY-CARRON — Current sport-

Stevens Arms Co. on rifles made for ing arms manufacturer in St.
Spear & Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa. Etienne, France.
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VESTA wa
VESTA — Tradename of Hijos de A. VITE — Tradename of Echave &

Echeverria. Arizmendi of Eibar, Spain on pistols,
ca. 1913.
VETERAN — Tradename used by
Norwich Falls Pistol Co. on re- VKT — Tradename and abbreviation
volvers, ca. 1880. for Valtion Kivaari Tehdas on
Finnish Lahtis (Jyvaskyca, Fin.).
VESTPOCKET — Tradename found
on Rohm revolvers marked ‘‘Rosco V.L. & D. — Abbreviation for Von
Arms Co.”’ Lengerke & Detmold importers in
N.Y.C. from the turn of the century
VICTOR — Tradename on pistols until purchased by Abercrombie &
from Francisco Arizmendi. Fitch.
VICTOR — Tradename used on shot- VOERE — Current sporting arms

guns made by Crescent Fire Arms manufacturer in Kufstein, Austria.
Co.
VOLUNTEER — Tradename used by
VICTOR #1 — Tradename used by J. Stevens Arms Co. on shotguns for
Harrington & Richardson on re- Belknap Hdw. Co. of Louisville, Ky.
volvers, ca. 1876.
VOM HOFE — Tradename currently
VICTOR SPECIAL — Tradename used used by W. Gehmann of Karlsruhe
by Hibbard-Spencer-Bartlett Co. of & Stuttgart, West Germany, named
Chicago on shotguns made by Cres- for originator of Vom Hofe Calibers,
cent Fire Arms Co. ca. 1937.
VICTORIA — Tradename of pistols VON LENGERKE & DETMOLD —

from Esperanza y Unceta (Astra). See V.L. & D.
VICTORIA — Tradename on revolvers VULCAN ARMS CO. — Tradename

manufactured by Hood Firearms used on shotguns manufactured by
Co., ca. 1880. Crescent Fire Arms Co.
VINCITOR — Tradename of pistols vzg — WW-II German ordnance code

from M. Zulaica y Cia. assigned to Vereinigte Zunder- u.
Kabelwerke, Meissen, Germany.
VINDEX — Tradename used by Mre.
d’Armes des Pyrenees.
VIRGINIA ARMS CO. — Tradename W

used by Virginia-Caroline Co. of
Richmond, Va. on shotguns made by
w — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Gesellschaft zur Ver-
wertung Chem. Erzeugnisse, Wolfrats-
VIRGINIAN — Tradename on single hausen plant.
action revolvers made by Hammerli
of Switzerland, and now by Inter- wa — WW-II German ordnance code
arms in Virginia. assigned to Hasag, Hugo Schneider
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WAC WESTERN ARMS CO.
AG, Lampenfabrik, Leipzig, WATSON BROS. — Sporting arms

Germany. makers in London, England 1885-
1931.
WAC — Abbreviation for Winfield
Arms Corp., importers in Los WAUTAUGA — Tradename used by
Angeles, Calif. in the late 1950’s, and Wallace Hardware Co. of Morris-
Western Arms Corp. in the early town, Tenn.
1950’s.
wb — WW-II German ordnance code
W.A.C. — Abbreviation for Warner assigned to Hasag, Berlin, Germany.
Arms Corp. on Schwarzlose pistols,
ca. 1911. we — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Hasag, Hugo Schneider
WAFFENFABRIK MAUSER — See AG, Meuselwitz plant, Thuringia,
Mauser Werke Ag. Germany.
WAFFENFABRIK SIMSON — See wd — WW-II German ordnance code

Simson& Co. assigned to Hasag, Hugo Schneider
AG, Taucha plant.
WAFFEN FRANKONIA — Current
manufacturer and _ distributor in we — WW-II German ordnance code
Wurzburg, W. Germany. assigned to Hasag, Hugo Schneider
AG, Langewiesen plant.
WAHL, ALBIN — Pistol maker in
Zella-Mehlis, Germany. WEATHERBY’S — Manufacturer and
importer of rifles and shotguns in
WALAM —| Tradename on copies of South Gate, Calif. since about 1947.
the Walther PP made by Femaru
Fegyver es Gepgyar in Budapest, WEIHRAUCH, HERMAN _ SPORT-
Hungary. WAFFENFABRIK — Manufacturers
of handguns in Mellrichstadt/Bayern,
WALDMAN — Tradename used by West Germany.
Francisco Arizmendi.
WESSON FIREARMS CO. — Manu-
WALTHER, CARL — Manufacturer facturers of shotguns in Spring-
of sporting and military arms since field, Mass. 1864-68.
1886 in Zella-Mehlis, Germany until
1945, and now in Ulm, West WESSON, FRANK — Worcester,
Germany. Mass. 1854 to 1865, then moved to
Springfield, Mass. Produced military
WAMO MFG. CO. — Manufacturer of and sporting arms until 1875.
pistols from about 1956 to 1959 in
San Gabriel, Calif. WESSON & HARRINGTON — Wor-
cester, Mass. 1871-74, manufacturer
WARREN ARMS CORP. — Trade-
of revolvers. Succeeded by Harring-
name used on shotguns imported ton & Richardson.
from Belgium, ca. 1900.
WASP — Tradename on pistols from WESTERN ARMS CO. — New York

Hawes, ca. 1970. City, ca. 1870, maker of revolvers.
WH
WESTERN FIELD WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS
WESTERN FIELD — Tradename used WHITNEY SAFETY GUN CO. —

by Montgomery Ward on rifles and Shotgun makers in Florence, Mass.,
shotguns. ca. 1893.
WESTERN GUN EXCHANGE — Im- WICHITA — Tradename on rifles

porters of German shotguns in currently made by Wichita Engineer-
Whittier, Calif., ca. 1950. ing and Supply, Inc. of Wichita,
Kansas.
WESTERN LONG RANGE — Trade-
name used by Ithaca Gun Co. on WICKLIFFE — Tradename of Triple
shotguns. S Development Co. on rifles.
WESTERN STYLE — Tradename WIDE AWAKE — Tradename used by

found on Rohm revolvers. Hood Firearms on revolvers, ca.
1880.
wf — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Hasag, Hugo Schneider WILDEY FIREARMS CO. — Manu-
AG, Kielce plant, Poland. facturer of gas operated pistols in
Cold Spring, N.Y., established in
wg — WW-II German ordnance code 1975.
AG, Altenburg plant. WILKINSON ARMS — Manufacturer
of the ‘‘Diane” pistol in South El
wh — WW-II German ordnance code Monte, Calif., ca. 1976.
AG, Eisenach plant. WILKINSON ARMS CO. — Trade-
name used by Richmond Hardware
WHIPPET — Tradename used by J. Co. of Richmond, Va. on shotguns
Stevens Arms Co. on single shot imported from Belgium, ca. 1900.
shotguns for Hibbard, Spencer, Bart-
lett Co. of Chicago, III. WILMONT ARMS CO. — Tradename
on shotguns imported from Belgium,
WHITE POWDER NITRO — Trade- ca. 1900.
name used by J. Stevens Arms Co.
on shotguns. WILSHIRE ARMS CO. — Tradename
used by Stauffer, Eshleman & Co. of
WHITE POWDER WONDER -— Trade- New Orleans, La.
name used by Sears, Roebuck & Co.
on shotguns. WILTSHIRE ARMS CO. — Trade-
name used on shotguns imported
WHITE POWDER WONDER -— Trade- from Belgium, ca. 1900.
name used by J. Stevens Arms Co.
on shotguns. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS
CO. — New Haven, Conn. 1857 to
WHITMORE, NATHANIEL G. — date. In 1857 Oliver Winchester
Manufacturer of single shot rifles in reorganized the Volcanic Repeating
Eastondale, Mass. 1880 to 1917. Arms Co. into the New Haven Arms
Co., and in 1866 became Winchester
WHITNEY FIREARMS CO. — Makers Repeating Arms Co. In 1869 ab-
of the “Whitney Wolverine”’ pistol sorbed Fogerty Repeating Rifle Co.
in Hartford, Conn. from 1955 to and American Rifle Co., the Spencer
1962. Repeating Arms Co. in 1870, and
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WINFIELD ARMS CORP. YAMAMOTO FIREARMS
Adirondack Arms Co. in 1874. WORTHINGTON ARMS CO. — Trade-

name used by George Worthington
WINFIELD ARMS CORP. — See WAC. Co. of Cleveland, Ohio on shotguns
WINFIELD ARMS CO. — Tradename
used by Crescent Fire Arms Co. on WORTHINGTON, GEORGE — See
shotguns. Worthington Arms.
WINFIELD ARMS CO. — Tradename WRA — Abbreviation for Winchester

used by Norwich Falls Pistol Co. on Repeating Arms.
revolvers, ca. 1880.
WINOCA ARMS CO. — Tradename

used by Jacobi Hardware Co. of X
Philadelphia, Pa. on shotguns made
by Crescent Fire Arms Co.
xa — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Busch & Jager, Luden-
WINSLOW ARMS CO. — Manufac-
scheider Metallwerke, Ludenscheid.
turers of rifles and shotguns in
Venice, Fla., ca. 1970, Osprey, Fla.,
XL — Tradename and model name
ca, 1976.
used by Hopkins & Allen, ca. 1890.
WISCHO — Distributors of sporting
XPERT — Tradename used by Hop-
arms in Erlangen, West Germany.
kins & Allen, ca. 1880.
WITTES HDW. CO. — Tradename on
XX STANDARD — Tradename used
shotguns ‘made by J. Stevens Arms
by J.M. Marlin on revolvers, ca.
Co. for Wittes Hdw. of St. Louis,
1875.
Mo.
XXX STANDARD — Tradename used
wj — WW-II German ordnance code on revolvers by J.M. Marlin, ca.
1875.
AG, Oberweissbach plant.
wk — WW-II German ordnance code

assigned to Hasag, Hugo Schneider Y
AG, Schlieben plant.
y — WW-II German ordnance code
wn — WW-II German ordnance code
assigned to Jagdpatronen, Zund-
hutchen- u - Metallwarenfabrik AG,
AG, Dernabach plant, Thuringia,
Nagyteteny plant, Budapest,
Germany.
Hungary.
WOLVERINE ARMS CO. — Trade- ya — WW-II German ordnance code

name used by Fletcher Hardware Co. assigned to Sachsische Metallwaren-
of Wilmington, N.C. on shotguns fabrik, August Wellner & Sohn, Aue,
made by Crescent Fire Arms Co. Saxony, Germany.
WORTHINGTON ARMS — Trade- YAMAMOTO FIREARMS — Current

name used by J. Stevens Arms Co. shotgun manufacturer in Kochi,
on shotguns. Japan.
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YDEAL ZONDA
YDEAL — Tradename used by Fran- zb — WW-II German ordnance code

cisco Arizmendi. assigned to Kupferwerk Ilsenburg
AG, Ilsenburg, Harz.
YOU BET — Tradename used on re-
volvers by Hopkins & Allen, ca. ZCZ — Abbreviation of Zavodi Crvena
1880. Zastavia of Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
YOUNG AMERICA — Tradename on ZEPHYR — Tradename used by A.F.

revolvers made by Harrington & Stoeger on imported arms, ca. 1960.
Richardson, ca. 1900.
ZEPHYR — Tradename on Rohm re-
volvers.
Z ZIMMERMANN,
MECHZNIKWAFFEN
HANS — FEIN-
-— _ Current
ZABALA — Manufacturer of shotguns Oberwildflecken, West Germany.
in Spain, imported by Garcia Sport-
ing Arms Corp. of Teaneck, N.J. ZOLI, ANGELO — Current manu-
facturer of sporting arms in Brescia,
ZANOTTI — Arms makers since 1625, Italy.
now located in Ravenna, Italy.
ZOLI, ANTONIO — Current manu-
ZARAGOZA — See Fab. de Armas facturer of shotguns in Brescia,
Zaragoza. Italy.
ZAVODI CRVENA ZASTAVIA — ZONDA — Tradename used by

Current manufacturer of sporting Hispano Argentina Fab. de Auto-
arms in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. moviles.
180
INDEX
Abitua, Etxezaraga y Cia., 2 Beneitiapm lento. mel// 6620, 5.5mm O
Acha Hermanos, Bergeron, Le, 87
Acha, Domingo y Cia, 1, 2 Bergmann, Theodor, 17, 26, 32, 42,
Adler Waffenwerke, 73 50
Aguirre y Aranzabal, 76 Berlin-Suhler Waffen, 26
Albin Wahl, Zella=-Mehlis, 35 Bernardelli, Vincenzo, 29
Aldazabal, A., 84 Bernardon-Martin, 11
Aldazabal, Jose, 1 Bernedo y Cia.e, 17
Alkartasuna, 17, 41 serurclkls de, GB, We, st
Alois Tomiska, 1 Bestegui Hermanos, 2, 37, 53
Amertcan Arms Co., 1, 17 Bliss & Goodyear, 90
American Import Co., 30 Bolivian military mark, 88
Anciens Etablissments Pieper, 32 Bolumburo, Gregorio, 4, 44, 58, 86
Andrew Fryberg & Co., 1 Breda, Ernesto, 79
Anschutz, J.<Ge, 20; 38 Browning Arms Co., 81
Apaoloza Hermanos, 38, 72 Bulgarian military mark, 88, 89
Arana y Ciae, 62 Burgess Gun Co., 78
Argentinian military mark, 89 Burgsmuller, Ke, 17
Arizaga, Gaspar, 69, 73 Castelli, 77
Arizmendi y Goenaga, 37, 49, 51, 44 Cesan, we, Z
Arizmendi y Zulaica, 26 Ceska Zbrojovka, 8, 24
Agizmendipebranc!Sco,20,057,. 67,72 Chilian military mark, 88
Armalite, 79 Chinese (Republic of) mark, 73
Armand Gavage, 10 Chinese mark, 61
Armero Especialistas Reunidas, 1 Clement, Charles Phe, 13, 26, 38
Armi Famars, 92 Cody Mfge Co., 81
Armi Galesi, 17 CollitzeeZ26eun9)
Armsport, 90 Congolese military mark, 92
Arostegui, Eulogio, 86 Connecticut Valley Arms, 49
Arostegui, Salvador, 58 Crown City Arms, 53
Arrizabalaga, Hijos de Calixto, 2, 3 Crucelegui Hermanos, 2
Astra-Unceta y Cia., 35, 61 Czechoslovakian military mark, 88
Austrian proof, 18, 42 Czechoslovakian proof, 32, 46, 61,
Austro-Hungarian proof, 14, 15, 30, WD, Hos SM
5Ar DS O97, 74,9) DeWoM., 14, 32, 34
Azanza y Arrizabalaga, 13, 33, 51 Dakin Gun Coe, 49
BeRoFe, 41 Danish military mark, 54, 59
BeSeAo, 92 Danish proof, 51, 53, 58
Barta y Azpiri, 62 Dansk Industri Syndikat, 75
Bascaran, Martin Ao, 21, 36, 37 Danzig Arsenal, 53
Bauer Firearms Coe, 2 Dardick Corporation, 30
Becker & Hollander, 9 Davis-Warner Arms, 8
Belgian military mark, 52 Delu, Fabe d'Armes F., 2
Belgian proof, 14, 26, 27, 47, 55, Deutsche Werke, 17
56, 57, 61, 62, 64, 75, 76, 77 Dictator, 83
Berasaluze Areitio Aurtena y Ciae, Dornheim, GeCe, 14, 19, 38, 81
52 Doyen, Julien, 81
Berastain y Cia., 9 DUSGOKp mireinntnp O
181
Dutch Colontal Forces, 4 French mark, IB_ 2s
Dutch military mark, 54, 60 French Naval mark, 44
Dutch proof, 60 French proof, 10f°32; :45;8 52,4,
East German mark, 16, Sule GU les Mts oko, (oyay Neb A
East German proof, 26, 56, 57, 59, Frommer, 9, 83
COFmO}mo2 eS Funk, Christopher, 31
East India Co., 74 Gabllondo y Cla.,) 35910; 420; (25;e275
Echave y Arizmendi, 11.8 eee 268 2805 746 Ol, Oo med:
Si, Uist Galef, Jel. & Son, 89
Echeverria, Bonafacio, 37, 62 Galesi, 66, 76
Eckoldt, Emil, 26 Garate, Anitua y Cia., 2, 36, 82
Egyption mark, 53 Gasser, Le, 87
EIGEConpe, ic Gaztanaga, Isidro, 2, 10, 63
Enfield mark, 14, 55 Gaztanaga, Trocaola y Ibarzabal, 36
English Military mark, 45, 46 Genschow, Gustav, 15
English proof, 92,0518 94,,6 0), 57, German 9mm gripmark, 43
5 ER), TA oy Uh te) German Luftwaffe mark, 72
Erfurt Arsenal, 55 German military mark, 70, 71
Erma Werke, 14, 18 German Nazi mark (NSKK), 72
Ernesto Breda, 34 German Nazi military mark, 72
Erquiaga, Muguruza, 11 German Nazi naval mark, 71
Errasti, Antonio, 1S, BS German Nazi police mark, TAD, 7
Esperanza Y Unceta, 2, 20; Pe). BS) German Nazi RZM mark, 23
Esprin Hermanos, 25 German Metetin Bs E¥4, Bibi, BS), Be,
Etabe Radarm Fab. d'Armes Liege, 81 ii Shel, Se) (YO WOR FL
Etablissments Darne, 32 German Weimar Naval mark, 44, 71
Ethiopian military mark, 89 Gerstenberger ue Eberwein, 18, Zia
Fabe d'Armes de Grande Precision, 5 PN Pals (ols)
12 Gevelot, 38
Fabe d'Armes de Guerre, Eibar, 27 Gevelot et Gaupillat, 4
Fabe d'Armes Jannsen et Fils, 4, 46, Glisenti, 88
Ye, CO, Ge Golden Eagle, 72
Fab. d'Armes Unies de Liege, 84 Gotthilf von Nordheim, 27
Fab. Material de Guerre, 19 Grabner, Georg, 3
Fabe Nationale d'Armes de Guerre, 35 Greek military proof, 93
Fabbrica Nazionale d'Armi, 3 Greifelt & Co., 50
Fabrica de Material de Guerre, 32 Guatemalan military mark, 93
Fabrique Nationale, 9, 10, 49, 86 Guisasola Hermanos, 3, 10
Fabryka Bronn Radom, 31, 70 CUSTaview Cat llemD:
Flala, 80 Gustloff Werke, 19
Finland proof, 66, 68, 75 Gwinn Arms Co., 82
Firearms Import & Export, 3, 18,041 Haenely CeGs 7 12,555.59
Firearms International, 18 Hammerli, 48, 86
Firma Pfannl, 9 Harrington & Richardson, 19, 65, 67,
Forehand & Wadsworth, 37, Teh, EW UB ty Sil
Franchi, Luigi, 84 Hawes Firearms, 19, 62
Francotte, Auguste, 13, 26, 44, 51 Heckler & Koch, 15
Frank, Adolph, 91 Hege, 79
182
Henrion et Dassy, 9 Larranaga y Elartza, 13, 84
Henrion, Dassy & Heuschen, 32, 64 Lasagabaster Hermanos, 39
Herter's, 92 Lebeau-Courally, Auguste, 53
Higgins, J.C., 67, 86 Liege United Arms Co., 81
High Standard, 49, 72 Lignose, 33
Hijos de Calixto Arrizabalaga, 36 Lithuanian military mark, 68
Hijos de Echeverria, Ae, 29 Maisuru Arsenal mark, 44
Hijos de Aldazabal, Jose, 92 Maltby-Curtis Co., 5
Hispano Argentina, 13 Maltby-Henley Co., 4, 66
Hood Firearms Co., 44 Manning nts lntizipue2iy nea
Hopkins & Allen, 1, 10, 19,566,572, Manurhin, 68
78, 83 MamitinghilmeanmsSmGCOrs),m: 27,059 Ol, 9
Hourat et Vie., 10 Maal iintpe Je Misr O mon
Howa Machinery, Ltd., 30 Masquelier, CeH., 85
Hungarian military mark, 89 Mauser, 13, 34
Hungarltan proof, 31, 69, 91, 92, 93 Mayor, E., 82
Hunter, Hy, 4 Mendoza, 27
Husqvarna, 51, 54 MenizeameAUGUSiti me) mno,mec>
lindilasproof,54,5 64, 76,2 77 Meriden Firearms Co., 5, 66
Industria Orbera, 36 Merkel, 73
Iranian military mark, 60 Merwin, Hulbert & Co., 66, 67
lraola, Salaverria, 12 Metallurgica Bresciana, 7
lismaeil ll proof. 2056245955, 645 Mexican military mark, 92
Italian naval mark, 44 Miroku Firearms Mfge, 21, 39, 70
Lolktanme DEOOti mole ole pmol, mO2 Mossberg, OoFe, 41
716, 89 Mree d'Armes Automatiques Bayonne,
Ithaca Gun Coe, 41, 64, 73 22h DD
Iver Johnson, 4, 24, 39, 41, 74, 78 Mree d'Armes des Pyrenees, 24, 25,
Jacquemart, Je, 3 DOR 259 4 nO, > OD
Jager & Co., 27 Mree d'Armes Le Page, 33, 49, 84
Japanese military mark, 86 Mree d'Armes des Pyrenees Francaise
Jurras, Lee E., 75 5)
Kind, Albrecht, 49, 86 Mre. Francais d'Armes et Cycles, 5
Kirikale Tufek Fb., 21, 35, 68 Mree Liegeoise d'Armes a Feu, 56, 73
Kodiak, 80 Mree Stephanoise d'Armes, 21
Kohout & Spol., 41 Mugica, Jose Cruz, 50
Kokura Arsenal, 65 Mukden Arsenal, 65
Kolb, Henry Me, 20, 67 Nagoya Arsenal, 65
Kommer, Theodor, 4, 27, 32 Navy Arms, 44
Krauser, Ae, 15 Noble Mfge Coe, 42
Krieghoff, He, 44, 49 Norrahammer, 93
Kriegskorte & Coe, 20 Oesterreichische Waffenfabrik, 11,
Kure Arsenal, 44 BB)
Le Ancion-Marx, 31 Oesterreichische Werke, 34
LAlEGSion 7/1/ Ojanguren y Marcaide, 6
La Caruna Arsenal, 92 Ojanguren y Vidosa, 7, 63, 84
LA Distributers, 41 Orbea Hermanos, 3, 35
Langehan, Fritz, 30 Ormachea, Fernando, 5
183
Ortgies, Heinrich, 6 Russian Tula proof mark, 31
Orueta Hermanos, 23 Ryan, TeEe, 23
PRoltolroy 2o S-M Corpe, 50
Paatz, Bernhard, 38 Sabatti & Tanfoglio, 53
Paraguayan military mark, 93 San Martin y Ciae, 60
Parker Brose, 78 Santos, Modesto, 11
Parker-Hale, 15 Sarasqueta, Victor, 82
Perazzi, 85 Sasebo Arsenal, 45
Perla gripmark, 33 Seliger, doleo @ Seliti, On V. 28, 83
Persian military mark, 88, 89 Savage Arms Corp.e, 83, 85
Peruvian military mark, 93 Schilling, V. Charles, 29, 85
Phoenix Arms Coe, 42 Schmidt & Haberman, 18
Pickert, Frederich, 6, 83 Schwarzlose, AeW., 50
Pieper, 11, 20, 84 Schweitzer Industrie Gesellschaft
Polish military mark, 70 28,
Portuguese mark 17 Sears, Roebuck & Coe, 6
Portuguese military mark, 17, 53, Security Industries of America, 16
56, 66, 88 Sedgley, ReFe, 23
Portuguese Naval mark, 44, 45 Sharps Arms Coe, 31, 81
Posumavska Zbrojovka, 28 Sheridan Products, 33
Precise Imports Corpe, 21 Siamese military mark, 69
Puccinelli Company, 32 Simson & Co., 335, 67
Reck Sportwaffenfabrik, oye, He Smith & Wesson, 6, 23
Reising Mfge Co., 80 Smith, L.C., 78
Relay Products Ltd., 15, 75 SMlad, Geis Ren By
Remington Arms Co., 13, 22 Soce Espanola de Armas y Mune, 47 47
Remington, Ee & Sons, 22 Soc. Espanola de Armas y Municiones
Renken et Fils, 58 28, 47
Retolaza Hermanos, 1, 6, 36), Bs Ol Soce Fre Metal lurgie/Mecanique, 42
ey 1h Societe d'Armes, 11
RG Industries, 42 Societe Francaise d'Armes, 11
RheInmetall, 11 South African proof, 28
Rigarmi, 22 Spandau Arsenal, 58
Rivolier Pere et Fils, 39 Spanish acceptance mark, 6
Robar et Cie., 21, 36 Spanish M1921 pistol mark, 27
Robar et Dekerkhove, 11, 41 Spanish police mark, 64
Rocky Mountain Arms Corpe, 81 Spanish proof, 38, 41, 47, 50, 51,
Reis Ul Ua, UW, 420, 225 235 20, Le 53, 099, 56,057), 955,801 7704065"
Romerwerk, 15 67, 89, 90, 91, 92
Rossi, Amadeo, 6, 23 Spesco, 18, 73
Roumantan mark, 54 Springfield Arsenal, 73
Ruby Arms Coe, 28 Stenda Werk, 28, 33
Russian mark, 20, 42, 43 Sterling Arms Co., 16
Russian Military mark, 49 Stevens, J. Arms Co., 39
Russtan proof, 19, 24, 25, 30, 38, Steyr Daimler-Puch, 66
39, 40, 45, 64, 66, 90 Stock, Frenz, 35, .42
Russian quality control mark, 7, 12, Stoeger Arms, 65, 74
30 Sturm, Ruger, 73
184
Sulnaga y Aramperri, 6 Union Switch & Signal, 16
Sweden mark, 31 Universal Firearms Corp.e, 85
Sweden proof, 14, 54, 65 Valtion Kivaari Tehdas, 40
Swiss military mark, 43, 48 Venturini, 23
Swiss police mark, 89 Venus Waffenwerk, 42
Swiss proof, 15, 68 Verney-Carron, 29
Tallares Armas Livianas Arge, 68, 86 Vilimec, A., 35
Tauler, 85 Vincitor, SeAe, 1
Taurus, 23 Walther, Carl, 8, 12, 25, 36, 66
Thailand proof, 61 Walther, Lothar, 13
Thalmann, Ernst, 84 Warner Arms Corp., 16
Thayer, Robertson & Cary, 64 Webley & Scott, 29, 49, 50, 63, 85
Thompson/Center Arms, 7 Weihrauch, Herman Sportwaffen, 17,
Tiroler Waffenfabrik, 82 24
Tokyo Gas & Electric, 7 West German proof, 22, 33, 38, 45,
Tomas de Urizar y Cia., 36, 37 WD, Wy Vin EM, Edy 29)
Tomiska, Alois, 68 Western Arms Corporation, 35
Toriimatsu (Nagoya), 65 Wiener Waffenfabrik, 8, 39
Toyokawa Arsenal, 45 Winchester Arms Coe, 12, 16
Tradewinds, Ince, 21 Winslow Arms Coe, 90
Trejo, 86, 87 Woerther, E., 27
Triple-S Development Co., 34, 80 Yokasuka Arsenal, 45
Trocaola y Aranzabal 26 Yugoslavian military mark, 62, 88,
Trocaola, Aranabal y Cia. 7 90
Trocaola, Aranzabal y Cia., 1, 2, 26 Zaragoza, 8
Tula Arsenal, 61, 65 Zbrojovka Brno, 41
Tula Weapons Factory, 40 Zbrojovka Praga, 28, 42
Turner & Ross, 37 Zehner, Ee, 10
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W6S6 meen Bs Sis wa Gl, the Zoli, Antonio, 46
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Perhaps the fastest-growing field of collector interest in this country is

ABAD. Hopkins & Allen of Nor-

Domingo Acha y Cia. grip-

American Arms Co. of

S.A. Vincitor of Eibar,

Andrew Fryberg & Co. of

Alois Tomiska of Pilsen, Trocaola, Aranzabal y. Cia.

Isidro Gaztanaga of Eibar, J. Cesar Trade Mark on

Garate, Anitua y Cia. of

Fab. d’Armes F. Delu of

Bauer Firearms Co. of

Domingo Acha y Cia of

Crucelegui Hermanos of Etxezaraga Abitua y Cia.

Esperanza y Unceta, Guer- Beistegui Hermanos of

Fabbrica Nazionale d’Armi U. S. ordnance inspection

Orbea Hermanos of Eibar,

Firearms Import & Export

f Maltby-Henley Co. of New

Gevelot et Gaupillat of Dutch Colonial Forces

‘ Fab. d’Armes de Grande Maltby-Curtis Co. of New

August Menz of Suhl, Ger-

Meriden Firearms Co. of

Smith & Wesson of Spring-

J. P. Sauer u. Sohn of aly Trocaola, Aranabal y Cia

Russian quality control

Tokyo Gas & Electric of

Carl Walther Waffenfabrik Ceska Zbrojovka of Stra-

4 Acha Hermanos of Ermua,

Berastain y Cia. of Eibar,

Henrion et Dassy of Liege,

04*@ Fab. National d’Armes de

Fabrique Nationale Hourat et Vie, Pau, France

Gabilondo y Cia of Elgoi-

E. Zehner of Suhl, Ger-

Isidro Gaztanaga of Eibar,

French blackpowder ordi-

Echave y Arizmendi of Nicolas Pieper of Herstal,

Erquiaga, Muguruza y Cia.

Societe Francaise d’Armes

=@#@ Modesto Santos of Eibar,

lraola, Salaverria of Eibar, Russian quality control

J. Bertrand of Liege, Bel-

Carl Waltehr of Zella-St.

Fab. d’Armes de Grande

C.G. Haenel, Suhl, Ger- Winchester Repeating

Lothar Walther of Konigs- Azanza y Arrizabalaga of

Remington Arms Co. of