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Bultot Jean (peut-être)
Here is a
very classic shotgun juxtaposed with external hammers, back plates and opening
key under the Lefaucheux type barrels. Long barrels.
Markings
EL:
provisional proof, in use since 1877;
CHOKE
17.0 over 17.0: choked barrels, in use between 1910 and 1924;
q and m
under asterisks: countermarks of controllers, in use between 1877 and 1968;
peron
(little step): inspection, in use since 1853;
16 on C
in vertical diamond: calibre, in use between 1898 and 1924;
ELG on
star in crowned oval: acceptance, in use between 1893 and 1968.
We also
notice initials but I do not see if it is JP, JR or JB. In any case, and
according to my modest documentation, I cannot attribute it to a
gunsmith/gunner.
A member of the team suggested JB for
Jean Bultot....
Three
others suggest JR and one of them gives as a reference a page of Action Marx
where we see indeed on the last photo a JR but the whole refers to Jules
Maréchal... I don’t see the relationship, but I’m not very smart (a charming
euphemism...).
GCD could
not be identified either.
GP with help from Chris, AB, AD and PHL.
Bultot Jean
Slaughter-house gun
This is a rather common piece bearing the known punches of BE.
The BJ stamp could perhaps belong to:
BULTOT Jean de Mortier who registered two patents i.e.:
In 1897 – a revolver safety.
In 1919 – a slaughter-house gun with extractor.
The last patent corresponds to the date 1922 same as appearing on the gun.
Without the patent papers, I can't certify that it's the same gun.
GG
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