Mystery MB mark? cmp 1911

[thebearpack]

Originally Posted by DDRode

I provided those links just for the hell of it!!!

CUZ...



ACTUALLY...

I kinda think it stands for either MEGABYTE or MILTON BRADLEY!!!

LOL, not saying you're wrong! Just saying I'd like to see more evidence before I'll buy it 100%. It could well be a testing mark.

[Twinson]

Match Built??? MB

[Gewehr43]

"Military Bought"
just incase you weren't sure if it was yours before it walked out the door in your pocket?

[tazaroo]

MB if stamped on a Colt barrel stands for "Match Barrel".

[DDRode]

Originally Posted by tazaroo

MB if stamped on a Colt barrel stands for "Match Barrel".

[Mark1]

The following is the Military Acronym for MB, but if MB are someones initials than the acronyms do not apply.


MB Maintenance Branch

MB Media Bureau (Federal Communications Commission)
MB Molecular Biology
MB Management Board
MB Military Base
MB Monza e Della Brianza (Italian province)
MB Ministerieel Besluit (Dutch: Ministerial Deree; Belgium)
MB Moscow Bound (Vietnam POWs)
MB Main Base
MB Military Budget
MB Marine Base
MB Military Bank
MB Magnetic Bearing
MB Marine Barracks
MB Maintenance Burden
MB Marker Beacon
MB Medium Bomber
MB Military Brat
MB Mechanized Brigade
MB Marine Battalion
MB Maintain Benefits
MB Manned Base
MB Measurement Base
MB Mossbauer Spectrometer (NASA)
MB Missile Battalion
MB Military Battalion
MB Ministerstvo Bezopasnosti (Russian Security Ministry)
MB Missile Bomber
MB Magazijnbeheerder (Dutch)
MB Willys-Overland 1/4-Ton 4x4 Truck (WWII Jeep)

[ZvenoMan]

I read those links. They show discussion and speculation just like this thread. They even say it is speculation.
Here are some facts:
MPI is clearly used on some USGI small arms to indicate magnetic particle inspected
1911s have a documented history of various marks indicating inspectors and rebuilds, even unit and rack marking

Not a fact, but it seems reasonable to expect some documentation indicating that MB refers to an MPI if such were the case.
Perhaps such documentation will surface, documentation linking MB to something else (my bad), perhaps it will remain a mystery for the ages.
Rosebud?

Jh

[jwenum]

Lol, now we’re speculating between M-B and the single A xx xx rebuild marks, that searching about reveals nothing so far, but still intriguing!

[Jakeroub]

Here is a question for those tracking the markings-

Have any M-B marked pistols been seen without the OB rebuild marking? Or, have any M-B marked pistols been seen with a different rebuild marking?

[thebearpack]

Originally Posted by Jakeroub

Here is a question for those tracking the markings-

Have any M-B marked pistols been seen without the OB rebuild marking? Or, have any M-B marked pistols been seen with a different rebuild marking?

Yes, the MB mark has been around for a while whereas the OB mark is new with this release. I'd have to check about other rebuild marks but the info is out on the interwebs.