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Anyone know or heard of this maker? Would Brevete Depose be patent pending? French guns seem to be an enigma.
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It's more like a registered trademark. From the top lever, the gun looks to be one based on the Helice action, which was invented by Verney-Carron. Once the patent expired, other makers copied the action. Verney-Carron registered several names, and 2 or 3 of them included the word "Helice". But other makers also used some form of the name Helice on their guns. This looks to be one that copied the action but didn't use the name. Looks like this one may have based the name they use on the French word "solide". Same as in English. And the Helice action was indeed solid.
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I agree as it has the proverbial V-C Stop and >>SOLYD<< is just a trademark.
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The floor plate is marked Vertiable Hammerless.
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Can you identify mine?
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Vesailles: Here is my analysis of your barrel flats; photo is unclear; It is Saint-Etienne. I don't know what the three balloons are but might be a manufacturers' proof mark. Where I think where the Fanget mark is (need a clearer photo) there should be some other sort of advertising bits. I'd have to research "Helios"... You didn't give us much to go on. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Here is what fab500 posted about the original gun: "SOLYD was a copyright of SMFM (Saint-Etienne)(Société Moderne de Fabrication Mécanique). This company was created by Rouby-Montuclard in 1945. In 1950's they made an electronic action which were not a great success."
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Baluch are not Brahui, Brahui are Baluch
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https://www.shotguns.se/html/france.htmlsee 24 and 25 or 29 Paris proof house , double proof
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