Some of the most beautiful work of this craftsman, and many others, are in this book “Liège Gunmakers through their Work. 1800 - 1950”.
For more detail see: LIEGE GUNMAKERS
Manufacture Liégeoise d’armes à Feu
It is about a top break rifle of small hunting of the
type
Leclercq. The opening is practiced using a
key says “Key snake” placed on the right side of the weapon. The rifled bore is
with 8 sides of gauge 12mm, the metal parts carry an engraving “in foliage”. The
stick is not visible on the photographs!
The
weapon carries the lawful punches of the proofhouse of Liege, namely:
12MC in
a rhombus: gauge weapon, of use of 1898 to 1924.
R*:
rifled bore, of use of 1894 to 1968.
Peron:
inspection, of use of 1853 to 1968.
10.4:
gauge in mm, of use of 1889 to our days.
Mark ml
crowned in an oval
belongs to “Manufacture
Liégeoise d’Armes à Feu”, street of
Green-Wood, 52 in Liège.
Appendix: a page extracted from a catalogue of this company and which presents
the same parts.
GG
Manufacture Liégeoise d’armes à Feu
Shotgun to one barrel with opening to key snake of gauge 410, system LECLERCQ. The barrel is with eight sides with ring of strap as on the stick of the pistol type. This weapon readily had “rifle of poacher” because of his facility to be dissimulated under a coat and its democratic price.
Greek letter Delta: letter annal 1951 (year of manufacture).
The manufacturer is MANUFACTURE LIEGEOISE D’ARMES A FEU street of Vertbois, 54 is largely evoked on the site.
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