Some of the most beautiful work of this craftsman, and many others, are in this book “Liège Gunmakers through their Work. 1800 - 1950”.
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Bernard (X)
Here is a very classic shotgun
with juxtaposed barrels, pinfire cartridges, English stock, opening system by
key surrounding the trigger guard and pivoting to the right.
I
decipher Bernard on the tape, but can't identify the initial.....
See the
website for all the Bernard's.
We can
already exclude the Bernard gunners who would have signed the barrels. It is
true that if they seem well to be in damas, they are not of the best quality....
Markings
ELG on star in oval: acceptance between 1846 and 1893
Perron:
inspection since 1853
M
crowned: countermark of a controller between 1853 and 1877
17. 2:
undoubtedly the gauge in mm thus a traditional gauge 16.
GP
