Timboo, the importer was "Interarms," as noted above. I don't think the shop owner would have marked the pistol and target as seen. The shop was very small and, I suspect, a part-time business, which, to my knowledge, did not advertise. I don't think the markings would have been done to entice customers to buy from that dealer. There really would have been little, if any, advantage in doing so. My best guess is the markings were done by "Interarms" to place the pistol a notch above others, but who knows as to why?