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
Nicolas SIMONIS
Here is a very classic Royal Irish Constabulary
revolver, with safety on the left, that a member of the team quickly and
certainly with good reason attributed to
Nicolas SIMONIS:
we find it on a copy of S&W mentioned on the site.
"As for
the caliber, the Italian 10.4 seems unlikely for this type of weapon. Why not a
more classic 442 Webley since the 44 Russian (bullet: 10,9mm) room "comfortably"
and the 442's ball displays 11,07mm?” continues the member.
Markings
D under
star (on barrel, barrel and frame): countermark of a controller, in use between
1877 and 1968;
V crowned
on the frame and barrel (right side): see the table below;
ELG on
oval star, on the barrel: accepted by the Liège proofhouse, in use between 1846
and 1893.
NS under the left plaque: initials of
Nicolas SIMONIS.
The fact
that this revolver was sold in Germany also explains the presence of safety, the
Germans being fond of this “accessory” that can also be found on statutory
revolvers.
GP with the help of Chris and HPH.
Nicolas Simonis
Here is a seven-shot revolver (caliber not specified, perhaps the 7. 62
Nagant?). who has lived well - or rather badly....
It happens, even to the best........
Except for the letters A and B in two of the cells, I don't see a punch. One
member of the team first and rightly leaned towards a Grah revolver.
....but then really "hit the nail on the head": the letters NS and the monogram
"NS deposé" on the grip can be attributed to Nicolas Simonis, a gun manufacturer
in Blegny-Trembleur, holder of the
patent 199498 of 15 April 1907 for "a new kind of lock applying to any weapon
with a reversing cylinder of different calibres and models".
If you look at the patent in question, you can immediately see that it is indeed
this weapon.
To be complete, let us recall that in a previous identification, a weapon had
also been found which could be attributed to Nicolas Simonis:
See : http://www.
littlegun.be/arme%20belge/artisans%20identifies%20s/a%20simonis%20nicolas%20fr.
htm
GP with the help of HPH and MD for the sending of the patent.
Nicolas Simonis
This weapon is without any doubt a copy of Liège of a revolver S & W.
One should not be let misuse by the mention Smith & Wesson Springfield Mass.Pat. APR 8.55 July 5.59, certain arms manufacturers of Liège did not hesitate to counterfeit the large marks known to sell with export, often in South America, with naive or concerned customers of the low prices.
The weapon carries the lawful punches of the proof house of Liege, namely:
Spangled ELG in an oval: acceptance of 1846 to 1893.
K spangled: countermark of the controller post 1877.
V crowned: this punch creates a problem of identification because it is about the punch of controller used of 1853 to 1877! Perhaps the barrel comes it from another weapon, I am unaware of it but I am not differently explained the presence of this marking.
The manufacturer
Marking NS struck an amount of handle is the only evidence making it possible to identify the manufacturer.
The manufacturers of Liège were often very discrete, especially when they produced copies.
It is thus not rare to find the initial ones of a manufacturer at this place.
I thus put myself in the search of a manufacturer with initial NS (the practice taught us that the first name always preceded the name) during the time of 1877 to 1893.
Thus I discovered (with the reserves of use) a manufacturer corresponding to the data collected; it acts of SIMONIS Nicolas, manufacturer of weapons with BLEGNY-TREMBLEUR (province of Liege).
It is known for a deposit of three Belgian patents between 1877 and 1907.
The museum of weapons of Liege preserves a revolver system Nicolas SIMONIS at 6 shots, gauges 450 gone back to 1878 (ref. 487).
Conclusions
In spite of the fact that it is about a copy, this weapon seems of good quality and is completely representative of the production of weapon of Liège of the time.
GG
