I agree with 7,35 Carcano for the most part. The Suhl mechanics were instructed to apply З >>Закрыто-Close<< . This would have been right after the Americans moved out & left Suhl to the Russians, who wouldn't even let the Suhl Proof Facility have Black Powder @ 1st due to the element of Sabotage. When the Russians had control & their thumb on Suhl, then they allowed the Suhl Proof Facility to use Black Powder. The Russians held many of the owners / gunmakers in cellars and beat them weekly with a rubber hose to tamp down on the marks. But the Suhl Proof Facility was open and they are telling you exactly what they did: Measure..... and Measure only. Even under siege, they were very loyal to the previous Proof Law and still had honour. If they didn't proof it, they didn't stamp it. Typical German....
On something like this in chasing the origin, high quality in-focus fotos of all the marks, the buttplate, muzzle, steel type, all this must be included to paint the whole picture at the time
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