Italian Stiletto

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

...The biggest question on most of these 'gunners stilettos' was, what in the world were these often odd and complicated calibrations for?

I wouldn't know whether this adjusts to the question in context but, before bore calibers were normalized (standardized) among the various nations, and even inside each determined one, there were caliber measures for every taste, so i wouldn't be surprised if the master gunner took some precaution to figure out the right ammo for each bore. I am too lazy to go back to files and books to cite respective timelines .

Originally Posted by alex8765

...Hi Fernando, yes I believe this is maker's mark...

Followed by:

Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

...Which I think secures authenticity rather than possibility of 19th c repro.

Righto .