Tim,

If you are asking about the picture I posted, it is from the St. Etienne proof house. It was taken some time in the late 1950's to early 1960's if I recall correctly.

Jack,

I wish I knew which makers were involved in producing the low end barrels. So far, that document is the only thing I have surfaced from Belgian sources. I think it accounts for at least some of the bad press that was seen at the time, circa 1894, about "cheap Belgian" guns.

There were so many makers. What we are talking about is skipping steps of the process and using second rate material. I would hazard that those involved never stamped their work. Why admit to it? Likely the major players would not have been involved. They had too much business at stake. Heuse-Lemoine goes so far as to offer a guarrantee for his barrels against such defects.

Pete

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