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REMY Jean Joseph
This is a bold gun with an
extractor against the handle of the bold which, in all likelihood, stems from
patent 31455 dated November 9, 1872 filed by
Jean Joseph
REMY de Liège.
If I read the text of the patent correctly, he had
already submitted a “system” on May 8, 1869, but I have nothing to say about it.
The markings
u under crown: countermark of a controller, between
1853 and 1877;
peron: inspection, since 1853.
We also see the mention Liège and Black, so for black
powder of course.
The gun was very heavily polished (so that other
markings probably disappeared) and also modified, to the point that it is
difficult to say what the original model was. It certainly has a “chassepot
air”, so with another lock.
We can also see that there is a screw in the hole of
the wand. And there’s no way to fix a bayonet.
GP with the precious help of MAX.
