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
Manufacture d’armes RONGE Jean-Baptiste fils S.A.
It is about a revolver pinfire, with opened framework, of Lefaucheux type.
The octagonal barel is equipped with a front sight in half-moon.
The metal rod slides in a guide integrated into the console and is maintained by a small spring. The photographs do not enable me to determine the gauge, of the 9 or the 12 probably.
The loading is practiced by a door located on the right side of the weapon. This door drops thanks to the action of an internal spring.
The trigger is placed under trigger guard.
The metal stick ends in a ring of “dragonne” and two plates in drowning smooth cover it. They are maintained by a through screw and two rivet washers.
It carries the lawful punches of the proofhouse of Liege, namely:
Spangled ELG in an oval: acceptance, of use of 1846 to 1893.
H spangled: countermark of the controller post 1877.
Period of manufacture: in all logic, between 1877 and 1893.
The manufacturer of this weapon is the Manufacture d’armes RONGE Jean-Baptiste fils S.A. places Saint Jean, 4 in LIEGE then place Xavier Neujean. The house would have been founded in 1789 according to their publicity but actually the period of inscription to the proofhouse is between 1832 and 1929. (See site)
Crowned mark JBR is well a mark of this company.
In 1929, the company is taken again by company A.R.M.A.F.
Marks GS - FF - LH struck the amounts of stick is markings of arms manufacturers’ subcontractors. It should be known that the weapons of Liège passed in many hands sub-contracting before being presented at the “manufacturer” who was satisfied to find purchasers and their to sell! Unfortunately, these “small hands” were never indexed.
GG
