Some of the most beautiful work of this craftsman, and many others, are in this book “Liège Gunmakers through their Work. 1800 - 1950”.
For more detail see: LIEGE GUNMAKERS
Manufacture Liégeoise d’Armes à Feu
The weapon
It is about a revolver with central percussion and box frame in its version of luxury with grips out of mother-of-pearl and engraving. The whole of the weapon is nickelled.
The grooved cylinder with 5 rooms, gauges not communicated, is on the right falling “swing out” i.e. and the extractor is out of star, barrel octagonal (if I see well) front sight in half-moon.
The not very apparent hammer seems to be a compromise between the hammerless with double action and the hammer with longer peak being likely to hang.
The door of loading can act as safety when it is rocked behind, it prevents the hammer from being driven in simple action (?).
It is also possible to load the weapon without making rock the cylinder.
Punches
The weapon carries the lawful punches of the proofhouse of Liege, namely:
ELG on star in a crowned oval: final acceptance post 1893.
B spangled: countermark of the controller post 1877.
PV surmounted of a stylized lion: test with the powder without smoke (powder lives), of use of 1898 to 1968.
R (large) crowned: rifled bore, of use of the 30/01/1894 (handgun) at 1968.
L (large) crowned: marks not identified with certainty, it could act of a mark of foundry? 6888 under the plate also (the founders could have a classification and provide the same type of carcass, cylinder,… with various manufacturers)
1235: (under the cylinder) serial number of the weapon
The inventor
Obviously inspired (appearance - interior mechanism not being accessible) by a weapon of the arms manufacturer Dieudonné OURY of Mortar (province of Liege) inventive of famous “LE NOVO”
It deposited a patent n° 114.452 relating to this weapon the 02.03.1895.
The manufacturer
Crowned ML : The weapon obviously was manufactured by Manufacture Liégeoise d’Armes à Feu (Manufacture of Liège firearms) (MLAF) and was sold under the name “puppy” in various alternatives (see appendix)
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