Yes they do, thats where he got it for the book, the Force armorers did the stamping. Get the book....................I did and it opened my eyes quite a bit, and I have even talked to Don Klancher on this, matter of fact it was about 2 years ago, most was thru email. He isn't that hard to find. That was not a Stamp the factories kept on hand. Les
Les,
I don't want to buy the book.
We have at least two frequent contributors with the book that could properly credit references from the book to help us with this small research project. I can't imagine that the entire book is dedicated to the "MP" stamp, rather a page or two.
Your pictures posted above raise more questions than provide answers. The Model 70 was released in 1935 or so. Given the huge number of individual samples, why are all the Savage guns stamped only in 1927? The Model 70 MP stamp is not the same as any other MP that I have seen. Font is different; mid-point of "M" comes all the way down to same level as "legs". The "M" and "P" look like the letters were stamped individually, with "P" last. Fake, or difference due to period and change of stamp? Given the serial number of the Colt, when was that Colt made? Why is Colt stamped twice? Is above stock-line or below stock-line the more common stamping location? Lots o' questions...
May we have a concise synopsis of what specific claim is made by Klancher, and the evidence he provides? Please? What we have from you and Jed is vague. I'm not trying to pull Klancher down; he has done something admirable that I could not and would not likely do myself. I want to review facts, not review Klancher as a historian.
(p.s., did I leave enough smilies? And I apologize for not trying to lookup the Colt serial number. I don't know Colt websites.)
