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Simonis Bertrand & Fils
It is about a pistol
with top break called “Scottish” or “Brazilian”. The rifled bores are
juxtaposed, the gauge was not communicated. The weapon is with central
percussion with external hammers. An oscillating bolt is placed under the
barrels, by actuating this one, the weapon opens to the bottom and releases the
access to the back of the barrels for the loading/unloading.
The stick
(not presented) was often in the banana shape, squared or not. It often ended in
a ring and its screw-pivot.
The
trigger guard is with rest-finger.
The
weapon presents on its surface, the lawful punches of the proofhouse of Liege,
namely:
ELG on
star in a crowned oval: final acceptance post 1893.
T and UA
spangled: countermarks of the controllers post 1877.
EL in
English letters: provisional test, of use of 1852 to our days.
R
crowned: rifled bores, of use of 1894 to 1968.
Peron:
inspection post 1853.
The weapon also presents on a metal amount of the
stick, mark SBF Bte,
who is the mark of association Simonis, Bertrand & Fils.
In enclosure, a page of a catalog
Dumoulin F.
presenting the same type of weapons.
GG
