Gunmakers Code Numbers. Ferlach, Austria
Even though a Ferlach gun may bear no maker's name, or may have only the name of a retailer, the first two digits of the serial number signify the actual maker of the gun.
Pre-1945 .xxxx being the maker's serial number
Number Maker's Name
20.xxxx | Stefan Dusel |
25.xxxx | Martin Kruschitz |
27.xxxx | Simon Kalishnik |
28.xxxx | Peter Mischitz |
29.xxxx | Josef Mischitz |
30.xxxx | Josef Orasche |
31.xxxx | Michael Pegam |
32.xxxx | Anton Sodia |
43.xxxx | Johann Sigott |
44.xxxx | Walter Gratzer |
45.xxxx | Erich Achatz |
46.xxxx | Josef Schonlieb |
47.xxxx | Lorenz Schaschl |
48.xxxx | Josef Fanzoj |
49.xxxx | Franz Rp. Schmeid |
50.xxxx | Franz Schmeid |
52.xxxx | Valantin Rosenzopf |
Post-1945 .xxxx being the maker's serial number
Number | Maker's Name | Number | Maker's Name | |
21.xxxx | Johann Fanzoj | 38.xxxx | Genossenschaft (Gunmaker's Guild) | |
22.xxxx | Josef Hambrusch | 39.xxxx | Fachschule (Handgun Tech. School) | |
23.xxxx | Karl Hauptmann | 40.xxxx | Ludwig Borovnik | |
24.xxxx | Josef Just | 41.xxxx | Johan Michelitsch | |
25.xxxx | Josef Kruschitz | 42.xxxx | Josef Winkler | |
26.xxxx | Jakob Koschat | 43.xxxx | Thomas Kulnig | |
27.xxxx | Simon Kalischnig | 44.xxxx | Walter Gratzer | |
28.xxxx | Peter Mischitz | 45.xxxx | Erich Achatz | |
29.xxxx | Josef Mischitz | 46.xxxx | Josef Schonlieb | |
30.xxxx | Josef Orasche | 47.xxxx | Lorenz Schaschl | |
31.xxxx | Michel Pegam | 48.xxxx | Johann Fanzoj | |
32.xxxx | Anton Sodia | 49.xxxx | Franz Schmid | |
33.xxxx | Franz Sodia | 50.xxxx | Franz Schmied | |
34.xxxx | Johann Sigot | 51.xxxx | Gottfreid Juch | |
35.xxxx | Walter Outschar | 52.xxxx | Valentin Roesenzopf's sons | |
36.xxxx | Wincenz Urbas | 53.xxxx | Wilfried Glanznig | |
37.xxxx | Benedikt Winkler | 55.xxxx | Herbert Scheiring | |
In the photo below, 40.3778 refers to Ludwig Borovnik's gun number 3778. The [upside down] number 3361.74 refers to the 3361st gun proofed in Ferlach during 1974.
From around 1980, the Ferlach proofhouse adopted a three-letter date code system where the first letter signifies the month and the second and third letter signify the year, as follows:
Month Code | Month | Year Code | Year Digit | |
E | January | O | 0 | |
L | February | W | 1 | |
N | March | K | 2 | |
B | April | R | 3 | |
S | May | F | 4 | |
Z | June | M | 5 | |
G | July | H | 6 | |
P | August | Y | 7 | |
I | September | T | 8 | |
C | October | D | 9 | |
V | November | |||
A | December |
BTD, therefore, signifies April, 1989.
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