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Re: "The rifle would have been first proofed in Vienna and then reproofed in England. NPv means Nitro-proof Vienna. The Austrian proofs are probably mostly hidden inside the stock mortice along with the year of manufacture. Something like 656.23 will mean the 656th rifle proofed in Vienna in 1923, for example."
The only marks on the metal inside the stock are a +1,a V in a circle and a T in a circle, all three on the barrel and the serial numer (213), -1, a T in a circle and a very small K in a circle (double stamped one on top the other)on the action itself.
Could the V in the circle be a Vienna proof mark?
Reading some Rifle magazine back issues I noticed in an article by Ken Waters titled Mannlicher-Schoenauer Model 1905 (March-April 2001, page 24-27,78) that he describes the proofmarks, both above and below the stock as being the very same as those on my "British" 1908....but didn't try to explain what the ones inside the stock might mean.
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Re: Austrian Proofs