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Comblain
Comblain
9mm pinfire revolver; so far, pretty standard.
What's
less standard is that it's equipped with a bayonet mount: it fits into the
barrel neck and locks from underneath, in the hole provided for this purpose.
Markings:
- on the
cylinder, ELG hallmark from before 1893 and crowned Z from before 1877
- right
barrel: crowned Z, TL, and 12 (I assume this is the serial number)
- left
barrel: H. COMBLAIN BREVETE
- on the
grip: HG
The grips
are made of very fine burr walnut.
Length: 25 cm.
Gilles
If I
understand correctly, the removable bayonet or dagger should look like this:
P-H
Comblain
"Comblain Breveté à Paris" - An advertising statement !?
Comblain Hubert
H.
Comblain
revolver with ejection rod system coupled to loading door (following patent of
17 November 1859). I have the impression that they are not very common!
-
caliber 12 mm pinfire with single and double action.
- length
29 cm.
- markings: the Liège ELG and G crowned on the cylinder;
and FD on handle flange (subcontractor?);
H. Comblain breveté filler on the left side of the barrel console;
No. 12280 on the right stick plate: I do not know what a number (especially that high) struck on the outside of the wood could correspond to, which is usually found only on military weapons.
No numbers are struck on the other parts.
Finish:
barrel and barrel bronzed black; the rest in grey temper.
Gilles
Comblain
This is
a revolver with central percussion and open box!
The 6-block barrel is smooth and engraved
with arabesque. The trigger is curved without a trigger guard. It folds under
the carcass to make it easier to put in the pocket.
The
barrel is round and likely rifled? He’s wearing a front sight that seems to me
to be truncated? The weapon is
equipped with an L-shifted lever which, when operated downwards, disassociates
the barrel block from the carcass.
The
crestless hammer indicates that it is a single action weapon only. The grips is
in grid and carved walnut!
The
weapon bears the statutory marks of the Liège proofhouse, namely:
ELG* in a vertical oval: definitive acceptance in use from 1846 to 1893.
Crowned
V:
Controller’s countermark, in use from 1853 to 1877.
The weapon also bears the mark
Comblain
breveté which only partially identifies the
inventor who worked between 1853 and 1877 according to the above stamp.
These
could include:
Comblain Dieudonné Joseph, who filed patents between 1850 and 1853.
Comblain Hubert and Lambin who filed patents between 1868 and 1870. But they involve the famous Comblain lever-action rifle.
Comblain
Hubert
who filed patents between 1852 and 1860.
Unfortunately, I have not been able to get my hands on a patent for this weapon,
so I am left in the dark?
GG
