Hi Guys,
I recently picked up a nice deactivated all matching, 1944 dated, ukraine arsenal made, Russian ppsh-41. However, oddly enough the barrel and receiver both have British Birmingham Nitro Proof marks (BNP under a crown) meaning sometime after 1953 it was tested by the Birmingham proof house in England??
Does this mean that it was used by the British ??
England and Russian were both allies in WWII, so was it shipped then or a cold war capture piece?
How or why was this Russian gun proofed in England ??
Anybody, please let me know if you have any idea please let me know as I would like to figure this out.
Thanks in advance.
I recently picked up a nice deactivated all matching, 1944 dated, ukraine arsenal made, Russian ppsh-41. However, oddly enough the barrel and receiver both have British Birmingham Nitro Proof marks (BNP under a crown) meaning sometime after 1953 it was tested by the Birmingham proof house in England??
Does this mean that it was used by the British ??
England and Russian were both allies in WWII, so was it shipped then or a cold war capture piece?
How or why was this Russian gun proofed in England ??
Anybody, please let me know if you have any idea please let me know as I would like to figure this out.
Thanks in advance.
