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Deville Laurent
On this
weapon, the extraction disc is separated from the cylinder by the action of the
lever located above the weapon.
The
junction between the barrel foot and the cylinder cage is on the mortise and
tenon principle.
Cartridge sockets on the disc are bored to facilitate the introduction of new
cartridges.
A small
guide rod is screwed between 2 chambers on the disc. It penetrates freely into
the cylinder.
Total
length: 200mm.
Calibre
: .320
Marked on the lever band of the barrel
L. Deville.
Deville
Laurent,
of Feneur (1865), then Liège (1865/1869).
He filed four Belgian patents, two of them with
Nicolas
Rissack.
Pierre A.
