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
Oury J. J.
Here is a Liège revolver for pinfire cartridges, small
grips, folding trigger (so without trigger guard), six shots, 7mm calibre
pinfire and long removable barrel held on the axis of the cylinder by a knurled
screw.
The ELG spangled in oval on the cylinder indicates a
passage to the proofhouse of Liège between 1846 and 1893.
A member of the team managed to see a crowned Z, thus
the countermark of a controller between 1853 and 1877.
5099: Serial number.
A member of the team noted
that the system of fixing the barrel to the frame is reminiscent of the second
Oury J.J.
revolver presented at the page Oury J; J. on te website.
But the
Oury
8300 patent has nothing to do with this revolver.
Nor any patent of the
Mariette
family, also mentioned in the link above.
So the mystery remains whole.
GP with the help of HPH.
