(Dana's brother)
I thought I caught a post elsewhere about a British shotgun which bore the name of the person that the gun was made for, and the town that they lived in...as they were custom ordered barrel configurations and hand/custom made?
Using the "Blue Book" I've identied the:
'crowned G' as 1st Black Powder proof for rifled barrels - E.German Suhl proofhouse
'crowned U' as The Inspection Mark - E.German Suhl proofhouse
'crowned N'(on the stock half of the gun in front of the firing pins on the piece that hinges the gun together...i'm shure there's a shorter term)as the Suhl Nitro Powder Proof.
What appears to be serial numbers (17839) match on both parts.
The Niteo Eagle marks don't match the 1952 adopted german marks index in the "Blue Book" so at this point I am guessing they might be the Zeller-Mehlis Nitro marks from 1911.
I am also curious, there are also to fainter stamps on each side of the "U" and just above the 8,7 m/m stamp. The one on the right looks odly similar to an Austrian black powder proof mark used from (1892-1918) I'm a complete novice and not saying it is...but its the closest looking mark I've come across so far.
