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HK Symbols One of the most often asked questions about HK firearms comes shortly after the proud new owner brings his prized new HK home, and starts looking closely at the gun. There are a number of unfamiliar symbols on the guns that I will explain here. In the above example, the Chantilly import P7M8 has a serial number of 86912. Simple enough. What about the other symbols? What is the funny character with the 'N' under it? What does 'IE' mean? What is the symbol next to the 'IE'? The character with the 'N' under it is an eagle with spread wings, and 'N' stands for "Nitrozellulose" (Neetro-tselluloze) or "Nitrocellulose" in English. This is a universal symbol found on German firearms that use modern nitrocellulose based propellants. The 'IE' is the date code. More on that in a minute. The symbol to the right of the date code is a stag horn. It is the symbol of a particular proof house, located in Ulm, Germany. German firearms are sent to proof houses before sale, for inspection and quality control. This is much like a 'UL' listing for American small appliances. There are other proof houses, for example, in Kiel and Hannover, Germany, but HK uses the Ulm proof house exclusively. The date coding system is very simple too. It gets tricky when you start talking about non proofed products like firearm magazines, but the general rule is thus: A B C D E F G H I K 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The letter corresponds to the number. The letter 'J' is skipped for proofed firearms, but is present on magazines. Therefore, the P7 above was manufactured in "84" or 1984. There are other symbols on the receivers, barrels, bolt carriers and magazines that are confusing as well. The best information that I have found on these areas is indicated by the diagrams below.
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