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
GAROT A.
Here a
shotgun juxtaposed to external hammers, key of opening between the hammers,
barrels out of Cockerill steel, of Belgian manufacturing, marked on locks A
Franchini in Montevideo (Uruguay), the salesman of rifle.
On the
tape between the barrels an inscription is reproduced which can result in
“special for smoke-free powders”. The manufacturing is current. Cheap engravings
of a dog and rabbits on locks.
Markings
Peron:
inspection since 1853
EL:
provisional test since 1852
16 C in
rhombus: gauge weapon, between 1898 and 1924
ELG in
oval under crown: acceptance between 1893 and 1968
CHOKE
16.5 over 16.9: choke of the barrels, marking used between 1910 and 1924.
P
1K.371.5: weight of the barrels, between 1892 and 1924
PV Lion
on statement: test with the powder lives between 1898 and 1968.
A and AV
under star: countermark controllers since 1877.
AG could be the manufacturer of guns
A. GAROT
with Herstal.
I wonder
about what I had with the start got for a Greek letter (a species of delta
lying). The yearly letters in Greek alphabet were used between 1948 and 1961,
which does not correspond to other markings. By deduction, I arrive at a
manufacturing between 1910 and 1924.
I do not
identify the letter surmounted of a star beside the EL under mention CHOKE 16.5
over 16.9.
GP
