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Originally Posted by machinist
... Were you following that auction?
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Coincidence; i saw it while browsing the net for CASTAÑO.
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Originally Posted by machinist
... One of the marks on the breach looks like a cross with a bifurcated, fishtail base, it seems common on such guns and I wonder what is it's meaning?...
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Apparently they call them crosses ... Latin cross, Greek cross, depending on their style. They actually appear in the majority of barrel marks, i suppose for decoration purposes. I ignore the origin of this custom.
12th May 2013, 12:41 PM
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