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Comblain
Comblain
Modest arms manufacturer from Cheratte (Visé - Liège).
As soon as 1867, he presented at the Belgian army tests a breech loading rifle with a breech block rising backwards. He then created a resolutely modern gun with a falling block, produced by the firm “Lambin and Co”.
In 1869, the new Comblain rifle with block falling, manufactured by house Lambin and Co was subjected to severe tests.
Finally accepted, it will be issued in 1870 to the Chasseurss and in 1871 to the civic guard. On the first models thr breech and a majority of parts were made of phosphorous bronze. Later, all the parts will be made of steel.