1923 Stoeger question

Dwight Gruber · 03-03-2002, 03:59 PM

The 1923 Stoeger American Eagle I looked at today was a long-barrel model, certainly not an Artillery, but seemingly longer than 6" (didn't get a chance to measure it). It did have the taller sight post of a 6" barrel.

Descriptions I've read of these guns specify varying barrel lengths. What were the marking conventions involved? This gun had a barrel which looked slightly different from the rest of the gun, the bluing appeared slightly different; the serial number was not stamped across the barrel axis, but rather, along the axis, lengthwise, and was only the last three digits of the #. I didn't see a proof mark. The wear of the bluing ata the muzzle was commensurate with the wear pattern of the rest of the gun (not much, admittedly, this was a very clean sample).

I asked the owner if it was a re-barrel, he assured me that it wasn't, but I have this niggling grain of doubt in the back of my mind. Can anybody clear it up?

Dwight

mauro · 03-03-2002, 06:29 PM

Normally the pistol presents the Nitro prof marker. The stamp Germany was necessary for the exportation. According to Versailles treaty the DWM cannot make pistol with lenght of the barrel grater then 4". Normally the barrel was made by other firm and assembled in USA. This cas justify the different way to stamp the barrel. For example the Artillery model in 7.65 presents a rear adjusting sight stamped up to 10. Note that the stamp A.F. Stoeger Inc. New Yor is on two lines. The Genuine stamp is not present on the 1923 model.

Ciao

Mauro

BILL · 03-03-2002, 11:40 PM

Regarding the barrel length..many different lengths have been recorded. Stoeger advertised them in a lot of different lengths.

Dwight Gruber · 03-04-2002, 03:23 AM

03-03-2002, 03:59 PM	#1
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,902 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,318 Times in 431 Posts	1923 Stoeger question The 1923 Stoeger American Eagle I looked at today was a long-barrel model, certainly not an Artillery, but seemingly longer than 6" (didn't get a chance to measure it). It did have the taller sight post of a 6" barrel. Descriptions I've read of these guns specify varying barrel lengths. What were the marking conventions involved? This gun had a barrel which looked slightly different from the rest of the gun, the bluing appeared slightly different; the serial number was not stamped across the barrel axis, but rather, along the axis, lengthwise, and was only the last three digits of the #. I didn't see a proof mark. The wear of the bluing ata the muzzle was commensurate with the wear pattern of the rest of the gun (not much, admittedly, this was a very clean sample). I asked the owner if it was a re-barrel, he assured me that it wasn't, but I have this niggling grain of doubt in the back of my mind. Can anybody clear it up? Dwight

03-03-2002, 06:29 PM	#2
mauro FIREARM HISTORIAN AND AUT Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Belgium Posts: 1,535 Thanks: 106 Thanked 349 Times in 129 Posts	Re: 1923 Stoeger question Normally the pistol presents the Nitro prof marker. The stamp Germany was necessary for the exportation. According to Versailles treaty the DWM cannot make pistol with lenght of the barrel grater then 4". Normally the barrel was made by other firm and assembled in USA. This cas justify the different way to stamp the barrel. For example the Artillery model in 7.65 presents a rear adjusting sight stamped up to 10. Note that the stamp A.F. Stoeger Inc. New Yor is on two lines. The Genuine stamp is not present on the 1923 model. Ciao Mauro

03-03-2002, 11:40 PM	#3
BILL User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Western Washington Posts: 826 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: 1923 Stoeger question Regarding the barrel length..many different lengths have been recorded. Stoeger advertised them in a lot of different lengths.

03-04-2002, 03:23 AM	#4
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,902 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,318 Times in 431 Posts	Grazi, Mauro (EOM)