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Someone sent this to me asking for some info on the gun. It's an Army & Navy. Thought that I'd ask about this mark since I have never seen it before. The S in a circle with what looks like L + S and S + C.

uwee...now dats different...eastern european?

The other proof marks are English.

MIke;

My first thoughts are that it might be an old Siemens steel trade mark but I have not been able to find it on the internet searches. I had a 1888 British gun in the past that had Siemens steel barrels, but it was stamped with "Siemens steel" not a trade mark. However that does not mean that that the subject trade mark is not that of Siemens. If I find anything I will post it to you.

I saw where Cal Pappas near you in Willow, Alaska died of a heart attach a couple of weeks ago while he was packing his bags to return to Africa for another hunting trip. It was terrible new to hear that he had died. I suspect that you and Cal were friends. I have communicated with Cal through the years via email and in the years past about double rifles, but we never met.

Stephen Howell

I spoke to him last month at the gunshow in Anchorage. A loss many will feel.