Originally Posted By: Drew Hause
c. 1890 is correct. Inspector's marks cannot be used to reliably date a Belgian gun and the post-1898 marks are absent.

Just found this: Due to a fire in 1922 all the archives of Belgian Inspectors were lost. So, all punches applied before 1922 can't be traced back to the applying inspector or the date the arm was punched...

Last edited by VPNAVY; 04/27/14 12:26 AM.