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					Originally Posted by  corrado26
					 
				 
				Sorry for not having answered before. The stamp is not an "M" but an "AM" and stands for the French gunsmith Augustin Merley of St. Etienne who was activ from 1782-1811 
			
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 Corrado, appreciate your information about the stamp!!