ellenbr:
Are we perhaps confusing the two guns. It is the Schuler gun that has the stamp on the stock and not the Lindner gun. I agree that the Lindner gun is a late 19th century gun. If it has the crown over pistols mark, it is 1891 and before. The mark was changed to HAL over pistols post 1891/1892
Our first trade law that required the name of the country of origin was in 1891. It was in 1921 that it was changed to Made in Country.
From 1891 onward, this must be on anything built for importation into the US.
I, also, have never seen this placed on a stock. On guns, always on the water table.
As the gun was obviously built to be exported to America, I cannot fathom a reason that the stock was stamped.
I agree that this particular example is over priced.
Best,
John
