Glock 19 proof marks???
hello ive bought a glock 19 and it has strange proof marks on it. Is this a common thing or not?
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Are there any swastikas? 0 -
No its kinda hard to describe... its got what looks like to be an eagle on the top part of the barrel 0 -
quote:Originally posted by cartod
Are there any swastikas?
Very funny.
Some of these guns are marked by issuing agencies.
If you want anyone to have any chance of helping you, then post some pictures of the marks.0 -
jdcrgc,
Pictures of your gun would be very benficial. In the meantime, do the markings on your gun look like these?(pics found on the 'net):
EDIT: Those pictures went with a discussion (on another forum) of the proof marks on a Glock 19. They are Austrian proofmarks. The concensus was that, earlier this year, Glock "USA" got in a shipment of 19s to meet high demand in the United States. These guns were never intended for our shores. They were supposed to be sold in other countries. The "GLOCK INC., SMYRNA, GA" importer's mark was placed on the bottom of the trigger guard, instead of on the side of the gun. This has sent some "Glockheads" into a buying frenzy to complete their collections.0 -
quote:Originally posted by BigLoop22
jdcrgc,
Pictures of your gun would be very benficial. In the meantime, do the markings on your gun look like these?(pics found on the 'net):
Interesting. Is that a double headed eagle? If so, then that Austrian proof mark has been around a long time. Here it is on an 1860 dated Austrian Lorenz rifle-musket.
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quote:Originally posted by JohnnyBGood
Interesting. Is that a double headed eagle? If so, then that Austrian proof mark has been around a long time. Here it is on an 1860 dated Austrian Lorenz rifle-musket.
LOL . . .I guess so, if you consider 3800 years to be a "long time" [;)]
The double-eagle symbol goes back a "little" bit further than 1860.
Relevant to these two guns, the double eagle was the symbol of the Austrian-Hungarian empire dating back to the fall of the Holy Roman Empire in the early 19th century.
Along these lines, many European countries used and still use this symbol formally as part of their coats of arms (including Russia, Montenegro, Serbia, etc).
For example, here is the CURRENT flag of Albania:
Before that the double-eagle was used as a symbol of the Byzantine empire dating back to the conquest of Constantinople by the Latins in the 11th century. The symbol goes back even further into antiquity, supposedly being used by the Hittites nearly 2000 years before Christianity.
Historically, the symbol was in use LONG before even THAT, dating back to literally pre-Christian times by multiple centuries.
Edit: Here's the Austrian double-eagle coat of arms on a sword from the early 19th century:
http://www.newel.com/PrintPreview.aspx?ItemID=9133&ImageID=16267
The sword can be yours for only $1800, and it would make a nice pair with the Glock!0
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