MARKINGS ON OUR REPLICAS

 
 

MANUFACTURING MARKING

 
  Our manufacturer marking is made by the three letters GDG as you can see in the picture  
  The three letters stands for the initials of the company founders (Grassi, Doninelli and Gazzola)  
     
 

 
 

 

 
 

LOTHAR WALTHER BARREL MARKING

 
 

The barrels manufactured by Lothar Walther are identified by a letter N which is obtained stamping four triangles as shown in the picture.

 
     
 

 
     
 

ITALIAN CIP PROOF TEST MARKINGS

 
  The Italian proof test markings are three (see picture)  
  The first one (two letters in a rectangle) represent the year of prooftesting. The relation between letters and years can be found here  
  The second one PN under a star means BLACK POWDER PROOFING (P stands for POLVERE – POWDER,  N stands for NERA – BLACK)  
  The third is the Gardone Proof Test marking