Guns Dictionary : Page M1 the Directory: M–Myška
GUNS DICTIONARY : PAGE M1 THE DIRECTORY: M–MYŠKA Last update: May 2018 m Found on rifle and other small arms components made in Germany in 1940 by →Limbacher Maschinenfabrik Bach & Winter of Limbach/Sachsen. M and a number. Found on components of a range of British military stores (including firearms) made during the Second World War, this indicates a company operating in the ‘Midlands’ (of Britain). The numbers identified the individual companies. Among the many examples associated with small-arms are ‘M 1’, →Accles & Pollock; ‘M 8’, →Anstey & Wilson; ‘M 13’, the →Austin Motor Co. Ltd; ‘M 47’, →BSA Guns Ltd (plus suffixes ‘A’ for Small Heath, ‘B’ for Redditch and ‘C’ for Shirley); ‘M 78’, →Elkington & Co. Ltd; ‘M 91’, →Godins Ltd; ‘M 94’, W.W. →Greener Ltd; ‘M 109’, →Harrison Bros. Ltd; ‘M 111’, Frank →Hawker Ltd; ‘M 117’, the →Hercules Cycle & Motor Co. Ltd; ‘M 136’, →Willen, Jones & Sons Ltd; ‘M 158’, Joseph →Lucas Ltd; ‘M 170’, the →Midland Gun Co.; ‘M 183’, →Parker-Hale Ltd; ‘M 224’, →Skimmin & Wood; ‘M 233’, →Standard Sporting Guns; ‘M 260’, →Walls Ltd; ‘M 264’, →Webley & Scott Ltd, Birmingham; ‘M 265’, →Webley & Scott Ltd, Stourbridge; ‘M 268’, Westley →Richards & Co. Ltd; ‘M 292’, the →Morris Motor Co.; ‘M 601’, I.L. Berridge & Co.; ‘M 602’, Alfred →Bray & Son; ‘M 615’, BSA Guns Ltd, Leicester; ‘M 616’, BSA Guns Ltd, Mansfield; and ‘M 634’,→ Mettoy Ltd. See also “British military manufacturers’ marks”. M and ‘2’ beneath a crown. Found on Portuguese weapons: the mark of King Manuel II (1908–10). See also “Cyphers, imperial and royal”.
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