[varifleman]

Most interesting is that there are no civilian proof house markings (Birmingham and London Proof Houses) on my revolver. When such surplus military weapons were sold out of service they had to be commercially reproofed by the Birmingham or London proof houses before they could be legally sold in the civilian market or for export. This is and was done most often in the Birmingham Proof House. Most such guns bear a "BNP" mark to attest to the re-proof (see commercial proof house chart below). But this re-proof was never done to my revolver as is usually found on firearms sold as surplus on the civilian market. Nevertheless the “sold out of service” mark is present as shown in photo six at left below the cylinder.