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These were probably in the top five in terms of attention to detail that I have ever had the privilege to hold in my grubby mitts.  Aug. Lebeau Courally, S/N range 444xx. Numbered 1 & 2, consecutive numbers and in a WR case:) Very very nice. Any hints on why the phot does not come up?! Whoops, got it.
Last edited by 775; 03/19/13 08:09 PM.
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From Sébastien Trabelsi, shop manager from Lebeau Courally.
Pete Hi Pete, Do you have Sebastien's number? I have something to ask him... Best regards, WC-
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Larry,
I know it is bad. It is on the English part of Alain's site. I know his English is better than that. But with so much to translate, it was most likely a computer. By the way some of the French is not that great either, I guess he never corrects it in any language. Having said that, he offers alot of info not available anywhere else.
He recently cut back the site to Belgian makers only. If it ever disappears completely, I have the entire site archived so we don't lose all the knowledge.
Pete
Hello gents, The sites has been split in two, Belgian and others. The non-Belgian site is: www.littlegun.info All is still there. Best regards, WC-
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From Sébastien Trabelsi, shop manager from Lebeau Courally. Do you have Sebastien's number? I have something to ask him... All the photos came from Marc. He may have the number. Pete
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Lebeau-Courally were makers of fine guns. Very fine guns.
Not a big deal for non-Francophiles, but just noticed that the accent on Liege in the first photo (left lock) is the wrong one. Can't see the writing on the right lock well enough to tell. Hi Larry, The spelling is correct per wikipedia. I've seen it engraved this way more often than not. A local spelling idiosyncrasy I suppose. Best regards, WC-
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According to that wiki article, the accent changed directions in 1946. The engraving on the gun would be correct prior to that, incorrect currently. My Petit Larousse (1965) shows the spelling with the accent grave rather than the accent aigu, which it has in the first photo.
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Hi Larry, I guess it's another way to date a Liege gun....  For advanced experts only... WC-
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True, WC . . . and you've got to look hard to spot which way the accent is slanting. I wasn't reading French (or anything else!) in 1946, so it was news to me that they changed accents on Liege. Very interesting.
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I would be interested in talking to the owner of this gun if he is considering selling it. What a beauty!
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WC, do you think that Lebeau's tubesets were serialized like Whitworth's?  Acier Leugrann - 38251.7211, #38251 and given text: "Fab-t des Cours Imples de Russie & d’Allemange" Kind Regards, Raimey rse
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