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Help with proof marks- old carved hammer gun #497976 12/13/17 08:47 PM
Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 3 Dangerminnow OP Boxlock
OP Dangerminnow Boxlock Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 3	I'm new to this forum but I have just acquired an interesting gun I can't identify and could use some help. The stock has a helmeted man's image and a rosette, the barrels are 38" long, and there's plenty of proof marks but being new to antiques I can't find definitive info online. Photos here: https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0k5qXGF1678l4 Any help is greatly appreciated!

Re: Help with proof marks- old carved hammer gun Dangerminnow #497977 12/13/17 08:49 PM
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 11,096 Likes: 226 North Alabama ellenbr Sidelock
ellenbr Sidelock Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 11,096 Likes: 226 North Alabama	Early marks from the proof facility in St. Etienne. Number in the oval is bore with respect to the French pound. Lovely styling of the stock, possibly a Swan's neck variant? Cheers, Raimey rse

Re: Help with proof marks- old carved hammer gun Dangerminnow #497995 12/13/17 10:58 PM
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OP Dangerminnow Boxlock Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 3	Thanks, Raimey. Any idea of the year or years this might have been made?

Re: Help with proof marks- old carved hammer gun Dangerminnow #498018 12/14/17 09:05 AM
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 11,096 Likes: 226 North Alabama ellenbr Sidelock
ellenbr Sidelock Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 11,096 Likes: 226 North Alabama	The marks seem to bound it between 1824 & 1856. Cheers, Raimey rse

Re: Help with proof marks- old carved hammer gun Dangerminnow #498021 12/14/17 09:53 AM
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 11,096 Likes: 226 North Alabama ellenbr Sidelock
ellenbr Sidelock Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 11,096 Likes: 226 North Alabama	The bore to the French pound is 30, AR was the tube mechanic & the firm just might have been S&G. Looks to be an etched on pattern, so I'd have a long look @ those tubes. Cheers, Raimey rse

Re: Help with proof marks- old carved hammer gun Dangerminnow #498030 12/14/17 11:07 AM
Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,753 Likes: 105 Derbyshire, England lagopus Sidelock
lagopus Sidelock Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 2,753 Likes: 105 Derbyshire, England	They also stamped AR but with a crown above for guns that they proved at St.Etienne that were of foreign make. ellenbr is probably correct if there is no small crown mark visible. Lagopus.....

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