COLLINGS Hadelin
This weapon is a 20 gauge smoothbore side by side shotgun.
External hammers Locks with top lever key opening .
Locks are engraved with common animal subjects.
The stamps
the regular Liege Proof House stamps:
Star/ELG in a Crowned oval: post 1893 acceptance.
Perron : post 1853 inspection .
STAR/X : post 1877 controller's counter mark.
d : annual letter for 1925. If read upside down « p » ? it would then mean 1937, but I doubt it!
stylized lion /PV :smokeless powder stamp, used from 1898 to 1968.
20-70 in a lying omega : nominal caliber and length of shell used from 1924 until today.
1Kg 329 : weight of barrel for smokeless powders (smooth bore guns) to the gram. Used from 1924 until today.
CHOKE 15.8 : choked barrels 22 cm from the breech, used from 1924 to 1968.
6990 : serial number
The manufacturer
COLLINGS Hadelin , 7 rue de l'université in Liege then 10-12 rue des Gris, in HERSTAL. The workshops were located in Liege, 99 rue St Gilles. He was registered with the manufacturers of the Liege proof house from 1921 to 1950 (see ad in appendix)
I do not know of any gun catalogue of this manufacturer so that I can't give more info.
COCKERILL Steel : a brand of steel used to manufacture the barrels.
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