Got a Weird One Here (Mendoza)

[lefteyeshot]

You can't always tell by markings. Just looking at my Mendoza made for Pyramyd Tech Force M12. It has the typical swoop down Mendoza butt stock, two lever safety switch, small one screw trigger guard. It has a single blade trigger, a tan colored recoil pad with the Mendoza little rubber circles on the back of the pad. Came without open sights and a steel barrel/muzzle weight. Only difference in it and the TF M8 beside being smaller is the M8 had a dual trigger. Both were pretty guns. Sold or traded the M8 and the M12 is a little beat up now. Same scope's been on it for years. A Tech Force 2-7x32AO  with dupex reticle. Can't buy that scope now. I bet I bought a dozen of them for like $25 and an identical one labeled Winchester.

But little in marking. On the right side of the receiver is the typical warning---not a toy---fatal---read manual. On the left side middle of the barrel is stamped' Cal. 4.5/.177. And that's it, not even a serial number. Serial number might be under the stock. I'll check later.

[lefteyeshot]

Well, that was interesting. Took the stock off the Mendoza made Tech Force M12. The only other engraving or stamping was some numbers on the bottom of the barrel block under the cocking linkage:

                                                                                  2
                                                                            3184
                                                                            8  12

                                                                       

[Bad News Beeman]

Mendoza is not one for markings, aside from what's stamped on the compression tube. Otherwise, its just assembly digits punches willy-nilly

[lefteyeshot]

The little machine gun stamped in the metal next to the name is a light machine gun with bi=pod and top feed magazine Mendoza got famous for back in the day. They still build shot guns and they make a type of sub machine gun the magazine goes thru the pistol grip Uzi or MAC 11 like.