I'm suprised at the serial number (3000) of this gun as that is in the serial number range normally associated with Lindner made and marked Daly guns. As Raimey mentions the R.S. initials are common on Prussian Dalys, but whose initials they are has not yet been definitely determined. They show up on Lindner and non-Lindner Prussian Dalys over a period of several decades. (As Raimey also mentions, the post-WWI Daly marked with RS are thought to be associated with Robert Schuler, but not the earlier guns.)
The location of the stamp is most usually where this R.S. stamp is - just ahead of the barrel flats. Other initials are also commonly found include E.E. and a few others. Some, including me, have hypothesized that they represent the barrel man's or finishers mark. It seems a logicial location for such a mark and the intiials vary over time indicating more than one person doing this job. But again, this is just a guess.
Ken
Last edited by Ken Georgi; 05/11/09 04:37 PM.
