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
RIGA-STASSART Jean
Here is a classic Anson & Deeley hunting rifle of Liège
manufacture in 16 gauge, well marked Jean Riga-Stassart, arms manufacturer
patented in Liege. English stick.
The markings
C: Year letter of 1924.
P under star: countermark of a controller since 1877.
Lion on PV: Smokeless powder test since 1898.
Peron: inspection since 1853.
16 C in vertical diamond: size (between 1898 and 1924).
ELG on star in crowned oval: acceptance between 1893 and
1968.
P 1 K170 : weight of the barrel capable of firing
smokeless powders (since 1924).
D=65 on 18. 9: length of the chamber in mm and diameter
in mm after the provisional test.
EL: provisional test since 1852.
CHOKE 16. 9 : choked barrels caliber at 22 cm from the
breech.
JM in
oval:
it could be the initials of the gunner
Joseph Ch.
MONISSE.
Martin
Siemens Steel: type of steel produced according to the Martin-Siemens system
(see Wikipedia: https://fr. wikipedia. org/wiki/Procédé_Martin-Siemens).
Jean RIGA-STASSART,
patented arms manufacturer, 288 rue Vivegnis in Liege, was registered with the
Liege proofhouse from 1908 to 1936. He filed a Belgian patent for a bolt lock
for tilting barrel rifles. The activities were taken over by Léon Stassart in
1938.
He also
worked in export since we found his name on an advertisement by a Warsaw
gunsmith in a 1928 Polish hunting magazine (on the second page)
http://trofeamysliwskie. pl/admin/upload/File/LP/1928-42. pdf
GP
