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Again, hum. Any marks around the forend hanger & what does the end of the tubeset resemble?


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Raimey
rse

Armi Hammergun



"Canne tonde lisce, giustapposte, munite di bindella marcata "F Bonus Liege" e recante mirino, le culatte incise "ACIER COCKERILL" e "POUDRE BLANCHE", ornate a riccioli, cal. 12; batterie e bascula incise a racemi e con fagiani in volo, la parte inferiore marcata "Fratelli Piccoli & Co. Verone, i cani (di cui uno con una mancanza), la leva d'apertura ed il ponticello tutti en suite; calcio ed astina in legno con resti di zigrinatura. Matricola "4942"."

Possibility exits that it just may be an Italian finished w/ components sourced from Liege?

But I'd expect to see marks as seen in the following Italian thread:

http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=366342&page=all


Italian Bird w/ Acier Cockerill


Minus the Dot over I in Acier & Cockerill


With Dot over in Ac�er Cocker�ll

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Raimey
rse

And the Italians did fancy a square crossbolt but I haven't found any similar marks:

Scroll down to Fabrication Liegioise Raick Freres:

https://lucianomastrascusa.wordpress.com/bang/

"Raick Freres, un giustapposto dei primi del novecento, in calibro 12, con rimesse in oro su canne e bindella, completamente originale."

Cheers,

Raimey
rse

Gents, I have to leave for a get together. Here are some other pics as requested. Hard to see on the 2nd pic but the tubes do touch, also note the "scallops" on the end of the ribs. Also see the AA stamp on each barrel in 3rd pic. Thank you all again for your research efforts.

frank

A hammergun; therefore, not a safety w/ "Sicura" under it. What about Vincenzo Bernadelli? Need to ferret out Vincenzo Bernadelli's process marks.

Cheers,

Raimey
rse

Vincenzo Bernadelli hammergun advert lifted from below;

http://www.bernardelli.com/en/storia.html

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Raimey
rse

Finally located the VB over C surmounted by a crown being a trademark of Vincenzo Bernardelli:

http://www.gunvaluesboard.com/i-have-a-1.....-7954418.html

I'll have to work on extracting the images:



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Raimey
rse

Note the VB over G(Vincenzo Bernardelli Gardone??) surmounted by a crown as well as the chamber mark of 12 over C, less a rhombus of course. But for the subject longarm, the bulk of the applied touchmarks must be Vincenzo Bernardelli process/processes marks:


Cipher BV as well as block VB - Vincenzo Bernardillo??

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Raimey
rse

I have curiosity in that would the block characters FP denote Fumo Polvere, although I realize the arrangement is reverse to proper grammar.

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Raimey
rse

Cross-reference:

http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=464358#Post464358

Cheers,

Raimey
rse