S&W Model 36-1

[gutterman]

Picked up a used SW 36-1 in mint cond. and there is a stamp on the top of the barrel shroud that reads "ECCSA Penn NJ". Is anyone familiar with this marking? The finish on the gun is a matte blued finish, which makes me think it may have been a law enforcement piece or a military sidearm. Make sense?

 

[Ron James]

Don't know, might be a LEO turn in but definitely not military.

 

[mgmorden]

It's an importer's mark. Any gun imported into the country has to be engraved with a mark by the importing agency. Typically this is only for large lots of pistols - often surplus (military or police). Given that the S&W was originally manufactured here, it had to have been exported out and then back in.

 

[Lucky Derby]

A standard M36-1 does not have a barrel shroud.

 

[bannockburn]

I think this is an importers marking for ECCSA Pennsauken, New Jersey. I found several references on other gun forums to this marking on some surplus Mauser rifles and a S&W Victory Model revolver. The Model 36-1 may have been exported some years ago and then brought back to the U.S. by ECCSA.

 

[gutterman]

thanks for the feedback.