Ken:
I also concur that the name scribing is a bit primitive but with the images it is quite difficult to read and the price is a little on the high side for a purchase for close inspection. And, I'm not positive if the date is 1932, 1933, some year? So yes, the addition of the Daly name could be spurious. It appears to be an export sporting weapon but the mechanics did go the extra effort to have it experience the Nitro proof. Not sure how many post WWI Dalys wear the Nitro proof stamp. In 1933 I don't think that the Charles Daly name & S,D&G were one in the same or owned by the same concern, so what outfitter would have been peddling it? The components resemble some of the wares of upper rung Waffenhändlers that look to have sourced a Belgian gesteck and had it completed in Suhl or Zella-Mehlis. How heavy was the sourcing of the Belgians by the Charles Daly owner at this time?
Kind Regards,
Raimey
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