Thanks for the welcome Pete. I have not yet figured out if the lock up is a Pieper patent but to be honest, I haven't researched it a great deal. There is a contributor to the littlegun website who has written a history of the Pieper companies but as it is only in French I have not bought it yet. Need to work on my translating abilities. I am also aware of the "Henri Pieper" damascus gun and have seen a photo of it but do not remember where on the web I found it. Quite unbelievable! If I find it again I'll try to get a link to it or post it here.
I'll get some photos of my other guns up in the next few days. Thanks for the link on posting photos.
Very good. I have the Pieper book. It is excellent, a fascinating read. A great deal of information about the family. Some tables of the various models produced. The problem is that Pieper and the resulting company was so prolific, the book could be 3x longer and still only touch the surface. Just going through all the Pieper patents would be a worthwhile effort for a book. Perhaps some day it will be translated.
Pete
