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3" Stokes Mortar Pistol Mk1.
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I posted one with the same markings several years ago found/recovered here in the UK. Be interesting to confirm the maker
http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/76762-3in-stokes-mortar-pistols?highlight=Stokes
http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/76762-3in-stokes-mortar-pistols?highlight=Stokes
MP is Mather & Platt Ltd, Manchester - the company made both 3-inch and 4-inch Stokes bombs, and component parts of fuzes, amongst many other products.
MP was the monogram used by the company on larger items such as 4.5-inch shell, MR for Manchester.
MR
(May and Padmore Ltd, Birmingham, are a possibility for making Stokes pistols, but the monogram M&P usually appears on their products. The company definitely made brass plugs and exploder pockets for 2-inch mortar bombs, and these are found marked M&P.)
MP was the monogram used by the company on larger items such as 4.5-inch shell, MR for Manchester.
MR
(May and Padmore Ltd, Birmingham, are a possibility for making Stokes pistols, but the monogram M&P usually appears on their products. The company definitely made brass plugs and exploder pockets for 2-inch mortar bombs, and these are found marked M&P.)