It's very old but I'd like to know more about it. I can't ID the 'RM', who was likely the barrel maker. Using a shotgun shell (a self-contained cartridge with multiple small, sphere-shaped projectiles) instead of a usual bullet is what makes a shotgun a separate kind of a gun. The same stamp but smaller is found on Flobert guns, selfloading pistols with a excess proof pressure of 50%, on barrels of top break guns for Flobert or revolvers cartridges an excess pressure of 30% and or revolvers which are proofed with 30-50% excess loads. Thanks! For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. . Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2008. BRITTE, BURY AND OTHERS Magic of hunting gun Some older foreign I bought an old shotgun from my uncle, he bought it in the late 40s early 50s. The system of proof in Great Britain was as follows: In England, the second charter of the Gunmakers Company granted in 1672 marked the beginning of the official proving of arms, but it did not apply to weapons made elsewhere in the Kingdom, provided they were not offered for sale in the London market. http://sites.google.com/a/damascusknowl m/www/home. Very little: I'm assuming it isn't a muzzleloader but a breechloader, which means it could be as early as 1860-1865, say. Antique Shotguns (Pre-1899): Belgian Shotguns, Side by Side Shotguns Our inventory of antique shotguns is made up of shotguns manufactured before 1899, including English, French, and Belgian shotguns. Breechloaders had existed previously, but Casimir Lefaucheuxs 1835 invention of the pin-fire cartridgea cylinder with a pin extending at right angles to the base which detonated a fulminate charge in the cartridgequickly led to better breechloading systems and to the development first of rimfire and then of centerfire cartridges.Dating pin-fire guns: the 1835 date of Lefaucheuxs invention gives us a convenient terminus a quo: if the pin-fire wasnt invented until 1835, any pin-fire gun cannot be earlier than 1835. Ancion Jacques & Cie OldGuns Newsletter . Board Of I'm not familiar with the proof mark you describe, although a French one exists of AR with a three-pronged crown above, used for smokeless powder proof (but no M). The earliest 3D-printed guns were crude single-shot devices. country requiring that weapons sold within the respective country, and Whatever type of shotgun you want to add to your collection, you can be sure to find just what you're looking for here. Double Take: Gorgeous Vintage Side-by-Side Shotguns - Field & Stream This devotion to Americana papers over the foreign status of all three gun companies: Glock. However, there are more proof marks that I cannot find on the internet. Baron Emile proof marks. Thanks for any help you can offer.Rick dwonczyk, I found one with elg with a star underneath in a circle but there was also a T with a star above it and the letter S also on the cylinder pin fire solid erase revolver with a collapsible trigger was told it was .31, Hi, Rick. Or any info? Military firearms can be difficult to identify because they Can't help much w/o some photos (send to ghcox3@gmail.com). It has a gold trigger and serial number starts with an x. I'm very curious as to why there is an "FN" above the serial #. Pistol made in Belgium, as you know. Antique Shotguns & Belgian Shotguns Side by Side - Collectors Firearms The Baby Browning in . Any ideas as to date range?