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Merkel 190 proof mark? #266562 02/19/12 09:53 PM
Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 140 eddie k OP Sidelock
OP eddie k Sidelock Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 140	Can anyone tell me what a crown and St.m.g. means on the barrel of my Merkel sporter?I've seen the same mark on a German rifle of the same era (1922) in Double Gun Journal.Thanks [img:center][/img]

Re: Merkel 190 proof mark? eddie k #266563 02/19/12 09:59 PM
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 10,941 Likes: 206 North Alabama ellenbr Sidelock
ellenbr Sidelock Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 10,941 Likes: 206 North Alabama	Looks like a "geme" stamp on the tube. STmG( Stahlmetal Geschoss or something similar ) denotes a steel jacketed bullet. There should be a weight in grams just below it. It's a post 1912 stamp that accompanies the Nitro or semi-smokeless stamp. Kind Regards, Raimey rse

Re: Merkel 190 proof mark? eddie k #266567 02/19/12 10:35 PM
Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 140 eddie k OP Sidelock
OP eddie k Sidelock Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 140	Thanks Raimey,I know "Geme" mean's Gebruder Merkel.It's a 30-06,so the gram's marking will tell me the bullet weight it was proofed with?

Re: Merkel 190 proof mark? eddie k #266568 02/19/12 10:43 PM
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 10,941 Likes: 206 North Alabama ellenbr Sidelock
ellenbr Sidelock Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 10,941 Likes: 206 North Alabama	Yes it will in grams. There will be a "Crown" over "N' just before the StmG/???(grams). Interesting stamp just before the serial number. Kind Regards, Raimey rse

Re: Merkel 190 proof mark? eddie k #266570 02/19/12 11:09 PM
Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 140 eddie k OP Sidelock
OP eddie k Sidelock Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 140	The stamp before the serial number is another Gebruder Merkel stamp, a small G inside a larger M in parenthesis.

Re: Merkel 190 proof mark? eddie k #270089 03/11/12 11:36 PM
Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 140 eddie k OP Sidelock
OP eddie k Sidelock Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 140	Took it out of the wood today.There's a 10GR stamp there,so it was proofed with a 154.3 grain bullet.

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