winchester 94 1914 DCP
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5000 of these rifles were purchased for the Royal Navy in May 1915 by Sir Trevor Dawson of Vickers, along with 20,000 Model 1892 rifles in .44-40. Owing to a shortage of British inspectors in America, Canadian inspectors were sent to the Winchester factory to carry out the work on behalf of Britain. At the end of the war 3,700 were offered for sale by the Disposal Department.
I would be interested to know the serial number to add to my database of these weapons.
The full story of these is in Part 4 of my books on British secondary small arms in WWI.
Regards
TonyE
I would be interested to know the serial number to add to my database of these weapons.
The full story of these is in Part 4 of my books on British secondary small arms in WWI.
Regards
TonyE
I have examined several M92s and 94s with this stamp and have yet to see one with a British issue or commercial proof marks which would indicate that they have been in Britain. I believe that some of these arms or perhaps a seperate contract came straight to Canada.
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Talking with Kelly's gun's in Belleville years ago, he said many of the DCP were used by the Federal Prisons. I bought one with a 24" half octagon barrel with a crescent butt.
I have seen two 92 saddle ring carbines and a half a dozen 94 saddle ring carbines with Dominion of Canada proofs, all early WW1 years production. Only one had British proofs as well, a 92 carbine. Were foreign make arms in British service all proofed in England or were they proofed when being sold as surplus?
Proofing on sale as surplus would depend of WHEN they were surplussed. You see this mostly on rifles surplussed in the 1950s, 1960s.
The Dominion of Canada Proof marking would have been applied by Canadian military Inspectors. For Service small arms, the procedure was the same as for a British-made firearm and the DC-P marking was accepted as the equal of the BNP or the GP marking as used in England.
@ Tony E.: Books? What books? What titles and where do we send the baskets of money?
The Dominion of Canada Proof marking would have been applied by Canadian military Inspectors. For Service small arms, the procedure was the same as for a British-made firearm and the DC-P marking was accepted as the equal of the BNP or the GP marking as used in England.
@ Tony E.: Books? What books? What titles and where do we send the baskets of money?
Thanks for the info. I guess I was thinking more of milsurps with British commercial proofs. What was the reasoning behind the "NOT ENGLISH MAKE" you see stamped on some P14 and Ross rifles that were sold as surplus by the British, national pride maybe?
