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Neat old gun, ambitious effort -- I wish you great success in the project.
Cheers
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In your drawing the Crown over the Wings with stars is French. It came into use in 1824 at the St. Etienne proof house. It was changed in 1856 by enclosing it in a circle. The changed mark was used until 1869. I am assuming in that mix there is a maker's mark, but have no way to identify the maker.
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Quite a task and I hope you'll post pics when you finish the project. Just purely a guess and off the top of my head I'd say it was made by Charles Francois Galand of 13 rue d'Hauteville, Paris along with A. Sommerville who held several patents on revolvers together: http://www.google.com/patents?id=2eJOAAA...cad=0_0#PPA2,M1 . Maison Galand, possibly his son, was making doubles at 280 rue d'Hauteeville in the latter part of the 19th century. But let me check for other possibilities in the 1824-1856 period when the "crown" over "crossed palms" was used at the St. Eitenne proofhouse. The "40" in the oval is the number of lead spheres to the French pound which would have equated to a 16 bore in British measurements. Is there another "S*G" below the "S*G" that is visible? Are there any stamps on the backside of the locks? Kind Regards, Raimey rse
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The front trigger sems to be a straight set trigger. This would indicate that one bbl is a rifle. Just a thought as the stock sports a stag carving.
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Reminds me of an old saying.
Sometimes the dead is better left buried.
The front trigger looks normal to me for this style of gun.
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This is a great gun to discuss resurrection techniques. Maybe an electrolysis expert will chime in.
Out there doing it best I can.
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Looks like it will take more than electricity to fix.
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A PROJECT!, indeed. Good luck and keep us informed. Work in progress photos would be neat.
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A.J.,
If you change your mind and want to sell the barrels let me know. I would love to take a saw to them to see the cross-section.
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