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Wilket-Mariette Albert
It is
about a collapsible rifle to one shot of the type Flobert. The opening (crack)
is practiced using the key known as “snake” placed on the right of the breech.
The steel
barrel is smooth, of hexagonal form to the breech then round to the mouth.
The stick
out of wooden of walnut seems it is worked with English with squared trigger
guard.
The weapon carries the lawful punches of the profhouse of LIEGE, namely:
ELG* in a vertical oval: final acceptance, of use of 1846 to 1893.
X* and AE*: countermarks of the controllers, of use of 1877 to 1968.
Peron: inspection, of use of 1853 to our days.
EL in English letters: provisional inspection, of use of 1852 to our days.
12N C in a rhombus: gauges and 10.4: gauge in mm.
The weapon also carries the following marks:
Breveté
(Patent) A.W.:
following the patent attached, I think that it is about a rifle
Wilket-Mariette
A. I issue some reserves however because I
did not handle the weapon.
5313: serial number.
Wilket-Mariette Albert
was an arms manufacturer with Cheratte (Liège). It deposited of 1879 to 1901
nothing less than 10 patents, of which the patent attached.
Appendix:
two pages extracted from a catalogue Masereel presenting two weapons in the same
model.
GG
