First things:
-- PT - Proofed for PT (smokeless) - post 1900
-- CHOKE RECTIFIE - "regulated choke" but means nothing
-- J.BREUIL - Jean Breuil, Barrel maker in Saint-Etienne
-- 6.5 - Chambered in cm 6.5 - pre-1912
-- ACIER au CREUSET - "Crucible Steel" - means nothing - an advertisement
-- MEDAILLE D'OR - "Gold Medal" - won at the Tour Eiffel Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1889 - see above re the Murat family which ultimately became Murat-Cizeron.
-- EPR.SUPERIEUR - Superior "EPR" - Not able to determine what EPR means as yet. Will continue to look.
Barrel markings are unclear in the photo.
-- It will have one proof mark and "St. Etienne".
-- There should be a bore in mm.
-- The "B.A" might be associated with Breuil - I'll look further
-- There should be some sort of advertising slogans in front of the proof mark.
No picture of the side-plates but undoubted they are "Faux Platine" - made to resemble a side-lock.
There may be the name of the retailer engraved around the front of the trigger guard.
Last edited by Argo44; 05/26/20 10:23 AM.
