Italian maker mark

[mazo kid]

A friend has a pair of replica '58 Rem revolvers and would like to know the maker. The mark is "AU", and a small shield with crossed swords. TIA. Emery

 

[PreglerD]

Hello from Germany!

A pic would be fine, but I guess "AU" stands for Aldo Uberti a relatively high quality italian replica maker.

Regards

Kirrmeister

 

[mazo kid]

Thanks, that is what I thought as well. But the mark is one I haven't seen; I have a Uberti 1st mdl Dragoon and it doesn't have those marks so I think maybe those revolvers must be older.

 

[Zonie]

If the "AU" is in a box, it indicates the year the guns were proofed.
AU is the mark for the year 1989.

Most if not all of the Uberti's have the companies logo stamped on their frame/cylinder.
This looks like the end view of a octagon barrel and rifled bore with a capital "U" in the middle of it.

 

[Mike Brooks]

If the "AU" is in a box, it indicates the year the guns were proofed.
AU is the mark for the year 1989.

Where can a person find information as to what marks stand for what year?

 

[Zonie]

I found my information in the "Blue Book of Modern Black Powder Values".

They start in 1954 with X (10) and proceed onward to 1970 with XXVI (24 for 1970). For instance XVII (17) is 1954 + 7 or 1961.
Then they changed for 3 years to an XX7, XX8, XX9 for 1971-1973.
in 1974 they switched to letters using AA for 1975, AB for 1976 and on skipping some letters like G, J, K, O, Q, R, V, W, X and Y so they look like this:
AA 1975
AB 1976
AC 1977
AD 1978
AE 1979
AF 1980
AH 1981
AI 1982
AL 1983
AM 1984
AN 1985
AP 1986
AS 1987
AT 1988
AU 1989
AZ 1990

Then they went to the B series
BA 1991
BB 1992
BC 1993
BD 1995
BF 1995
BH 1996
BI 1997
BL 1998
BM 1999
BN 2000
BP 2001
BS 2002
BT 2003
BU 2004
BZ 2005
CA 2006
CB 2007

I don't have it written down but I believe 2008 is CC.

 

[theprofessor]

I found this article to be of great value as I began to learn about BP pistols:


Link Modern Black Powder Proof Marks

Modern Black Powder Proof marks
Unravelling The Mystery Of Icons

artticle written BY DENNIS ADLER

Hope this helps.

 

[mykeal]

Zonie - thanks for the typing. Here's a graphic image that might make it easier on your fingers in the future: