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Argo, added accents, fixed grammatical errors and added quite a few ones including tradesmen. There are a few questionable entries WC-
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Abîmé(e) - spoiled/ruined/damaged Acier - steel Acier chocolat - excessively soft steel (Belgian trade vernacular) Acier damas (also "damas") - damascus steel Acier revenu - tempered steel Acier trempé - quenched steel Argent - silver ...vieil argent - old silver Ailes - side clips Âme du canon - bore Amortisseur - pad (as in buttpad) Ancien - old Anson et Deeley; Anson- box lock Arabesque - Scroll (engraving) Arme de poing - hand gun Arme d’épaule - long gun Armurier - gun shop owner Armurerie - gun shop, not a maker, historically a body armor vendor Arquebusier - Gun maker (abbreviated as "Arqr") Artisan - artisan Avantage (à droite, à gauche) - cast-off, cast-on
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Baguette de nettoyage - ramrod, cleaning rod Banc d’épreuves - proof house Bande - rib ...Prolongement de la bande - extension of the rib (to the receiver) ...Bande ventilée - ventilated rib Balle - bullet or slug Bascule - receiver/action Bascule ronde - round receiver Basculeur - tradesman putting the action together Bille acier - steel shot Bois - wood ...Bois de noyer - walnut ......Noyer blond - blond walnut ...Bois d'érable - maple Boitier - housing Bouche - muzzle Bouchon de canon - bullet starter (muzzle loader) Bouchon de percuteur - Firing pin bushing Bouquets (gravure à) - rose engraving Bourre - wad Brasé - brazed ...brasé sur - brazed on Bretelle - sling ...Bretelle à enrouleur - retractable sling (like on a Ideal) ...Brettelle retractable - retractable (built in) sling Brevet - Patent Breveté(e) - patented ...Breveté(e) SGDG - model patent ("sans garantie du gouvernement")- low grade, easy to obtain patent Brisure, à - Breakage Broche - pinfire Bronze - bronze; (copper and tin alloy) Bronzage - barrel blacking Busc - comb (for a stock)
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Cale - wedge (in a double rifle), or spacer between barrels Calibre - caliber Canon - barrel ...Canons frettés - sleeved barrel set (externally sleeved or jacketed, built-up barrels) ...Canons juxtaposés - SxS double barrel ...Canon lisse - smoothbore ...Canons miroir - mirror finish bores ......Canonnerie miroir - ditto ...Canons mixtes (Arme à) - cape gun ...Canon monobloc - Barrel set made in one block of steel ...Canon poli - honed barrel ...Canon rayé - rifled barrel ...Canon rayé dispersant -Rifled spreader barrel (usually Euro woodcock guns) ...Canons superposés - over/under Canonnier - barrel maker Capuche - metal piece surrounding the Deeley forearm push button Carabine - rifle, carbine Carabine de salon - indoor rifle Carabine de jardin - light rifle, rook rifle Cartouches à plombs - shot shell Cartouches à balle - slug shell Chambrage - chamber(ing) Chambre - chamber Chien - hammer … Crête de chien - hammer spur Chiens extérieurs - external hammers Choke - Choke …Cylindrique - cylinder choke (synonym: lisse) ... Demi choke - Modified choke ... Plein-full (as in choke Chêne - Oak Chromé(e) - chrome plated Clé - key Clé d’ouverture - top lever key Clé sur le dessus - top lever key Coffret - case (to put the gun in) Contre-platines - false side-plates Convergence - regulation (shotgun or double rifle) Coquille - action ball; Shell (as as in sea-shell) ...Coquille de fusil de chasse - empty shotgun shell casing; Husk WC: Never heard or seen that one Corne - horn Cran de sécurité - Safety catch Crête de chien - hammer spur Crochet - barrel lump ...Crochets d’attache - barrel lump ...Crochets ajustés en queue d’aronde - dovetailed lump ...Crochet du canon - same ...Crochet encastré - dovetailed lump (embedded) ...Crochets rapportés - non integral lumps Crosse - stock ...Crosse anglaise - English stock ...Crosse à joue - stock with cheek piece ...Crosse de borgne - crossover stock ...Crosse demi-pistolet - round knob grip stock ...Crosse pistolet - pistol grip stock Crossier - stock maker Cuir - leather (for the sling) ...Cuir surpiqué - double layered sown leather Cuivre - copper Culasse - standing breech or bolt Culasse mobile - movable breech (i.e. on a Darne) Cylindrique - cylinder choke (synonym: lisse)
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Damasquiné - damascened dans son jus - original, never modified or restored Demi-coquelle - half cock (for hammer guns) (???WC) Demi-bloc - chopper lump Détente - trigger ...Double détente - double trigger ...Monodétente - single trigger ......Monodétente sélective - selective single trigger Devant - forend Devant à pompe - Deeley pushbutton forearm D'occasion - used Doré - gold filled repoussé en ??? Double détente - double trigger double verrou de fermeture - double locking bolt
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Ébène - ebony Écouvillon - cleaning rod and implement ...Écouvillon en laiton - brass barrel (cleaning) brush écusson - shield (on a stock) éjecteurs automatiques - automatic ejectors enfoncements - dents Épreuves - proof ...Banc d’épreuves - proof house ...double épreuve - double proof ...triple épreuve - triple proof ...épreuve ordinaire - version of normal proof ...épreuve supérieure - modern day "triple proof" érable - maple (wood) état - condition ...état mécanique - mechanical condition ...état moyen - so so condition; medium condition ...état mauvais - bad condition …Pas en bon état - not in good condition ...état neuf - new condition étranglement - choke Etui - Gun case; gun slip Express (also double "express") - double rifle Extracteur - extractors
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Fabricant (also abbreviated as "Fabt") - maker Fausses-platines - false side-plates Feu central, arme à - centerfire (gun) Feuillet(s) - sight leaf Feutrine - baize (gun case) Fermeture en "T" - Jones underlever Finition - finish …Finition argent - silver finish …Finition blue - blued finish …Finition canon de fusil - gunmetal finish …Finition chromée - chrome finish …Finition nickelée - nickel finish. …Finition noir - blued finish Forage - bore (barrel) Frères - Brothers Frette - monoblock; Fusil - firearm (normally a shotgun but also a military rifle) ...Fusil à broche - pinfire gun ...Fusil à canon scié - sawed off shotgun ...Fusil à chargement par la bouche - muzzle loader ...Fusil à Chien - hammer gun ...Fusil de chasse - shotgun ...Fusil juxtaposé - double gun ... Fusil juxtaposé Artisanal Français - Artisanal French double gun (quite often maker not known) ...Fusils lever-action - lever action gun ......Fusil à levier de sous-garde - ditto ......Fusil levier sous garde - ditto ...Fusil à percussion - muzzle loading, percussion rifle ...Fusil à piston - percussion gun ...Fusil à pompe - pump gun (also "branlette" in French hunting vernacular) ...Fusil à silex - flintlock
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Gachette - sear Gachette interruptrice - safety sear Garnisseur - tradesman assembling barrels, ribs and lumps Graveur - engraver Gravure(s) - engraving(s) Grenadière - sling swivel Goupille - round pin Goupille de charnière - hinge pin Guidon - front sight ... protège-guidon - sight hood Guilloché(e) - ornamented with geometric design ...Vis guillochées - ornamented screws
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Hausse - back sight (originally adjustable type)
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Illisible - illegible
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Jaspage - case coloring Jaspé(e) - case colored ...Jaugé à - gauged/regauged to (chambers enlarged to)??? Jeu - play (in the sense of movement) ...Jeu dans la bascule - (play in the receiver) ...sans jeu - without play Joue - cheekpiece ...Joue allemande - German style cheeckpiece Juxtaposé - side by side
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Laine d’acier - steel wool Laiton - Brass: alloy - 70 parts copper; 30 parts zinc Levier - Lever Levier de sécurité (ou sécurité) - safety lever Longuesse - forestock Longuesse à poussoir - Anson forend (forestock with pushrod release) Lunette - scope
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Maniable - easy to the hand/handy Mono-canon - single barrel Monodétente - single trigger Monteur à bois - stocker Moulé(e) - molded
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Nickelé(e) - nickel plated Noix - Hammer axis
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Oeilleton - peep sight Or - gold ...Or fin - fine gold doré - gold plated or gold applique Oreille - Sideclip Organes de visée - sights Orné(e) - ornamented Oxydation - oxydation
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Paire - pair of guns Pente - drop ...Pente au busc - drop at comb ...Pente au talon - drop at heel Percussion centrale - center percussion, center fire (hammer gun) Percuteur - Firing pin Pièce d'armurerie - piece of firearms manufacture ??? Pierrage - honing Pique - pitted ...Piqûres - pitting ...Petites piqûres - light pitting Planchette - back sight folding leaf Plaque de couche - butt plate Plaqué(e) - plated Platine - side lock ...Platine Holland - front lock as made by H&H or others ...Platine arrière - back lock ...Platine avant - front lock ...Platine démontable - hand removable sidelock ...Platine encastrée - embedded locks ...Platine rebondissante - rebounding lock Plein--full (as in choke) Plomb - lead (shot) Poinçon - stamp ...Poinçons réglementaires - legal stamps ...Poinçons d'épreuve - proof marks Poire à poudre - powder horn; powder flask Poli(e) - polished polissage en long - longitudinal honing Poncée huile (Crosse) - sanded with oil finish (stock) Pontet - trigger guard Pontet à volute - trigger guard with volute in front Portée - range (as in shooting distance) Poudre - powder (gunpowder) ...Poudre blanche--smokeless powder ...Poudre pyroxylée - smokeless powder (French) ...Poudre sans fumée - smokeless powder ...Poudre Vive - smokeless Powder ( Belgian) Poussoir - push rod (forestock) propre - clean, nice
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Quadrillage - Checkering Quadrilleur - Checkerer Queue d’aronde - dovetail (old French for"swallow tail" which is more accurate than dove tail, actually)
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Rallonge de crosse - stock extension Rayé à chargement par la bouche - muzzle loader rifle Rayures - scratches or rifling Relime - steel parts shaping (by chisel or file) Relimeur - tradesman shaping the action and other parts Ressort - spring Ressort à boudin - Coil spring Restauration - restoration Réticule - Reticle (scope) Rinceaux - leaves and branches (engraving) Rouille - rust ...Rouille légère - light rust
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Sabot - butt pad Sabot - sabot projectile Scène de chasse - hunting scene (engraving) Sécurité - safety Sécurité dès qu'elle est arméee - safety automatically on when cocked Serré - tight Similor - alloy; 100 parts Red copper; 12 parts zinc Soudure - solder …Soudure d’argent/à l'argent - Silver solder …Soudure à l’étain - Tin solder (lead and tin mixed) …Soudure de cuivre - Copper brazing (red coper, old silver, antimony, zinc, etc.) Stéphanois - from Saint-Etienne region Successeur (also abbreviated to "succr") - Successor to Sûreté - safety
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Talon - heel Tire-cartouche - extracteur Tirette - action rod Tombac - alloy; 16 parts copper; 1 part zinc; 1 part tin Tonnerre - place where the ignition happen Triplette - 3-gun set Tromblon - blunderbuss (or bad shotgun) Tube - barrel tube Type anglais - English style
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Valise - Case Verrou - lock, also bolt Verrou de fermeture - closing bolt Verrou vertical - rising bite Verrouillage - locking system Vernis - varnish Vis - Screw
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Capital effort on all fronts. I would say that under the term Arquebusier, that the acronym Arq-er, or whatever the most used stamp might be, needs to be associated.
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Raimey rse
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Another item too in crossing over to the German vernacular with respect to the actual making of the sporting arm, is that the term tradesman would equate to mechanic, of which both designate the effort of the craftsman.
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Raimey rse
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A few terms the Galloping Bovine's(WC) has dropped from time to time:
pierrage=honing
crochets rapportes= non-integral lumps
successeur = successor to
There are some odd advertising found on Belgian made wares that were for a Germanic target group that I'd like to add. I'll keep going thru the list.
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Raimey rse
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My memory was faulty & the Belgian advertising is in German:
Amtlich Vierfach Geprüft und Eingeschossen mit Stärkster ladung Rauchlosen Pulvers
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Raimey rse
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Many thanks & how 'bout Frères & SGDG - - Sans Garantie du Gouvernement( 'brevets sont délivrés sans examen préalable, aux risques et périls des demandeurs, et sans garantie soit de la réalité, de la nouveauté ou du mérite de l’invention, soit de la fidélité ou de l’exactitude de la description.)???
Shaping up to be a smashing effort & something upon which can be built.
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Raimey rse
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was doing it while you were typing.
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Reading my mind or like minds???
CHARGE D'EPREUVE FUSIL FINI
CHARGE NORMALE
CANON FRETTE FABRICATION MECANIQUE
CHOKE PERFECTIONNE
Work in progress......
WC, how do the following terms vary:
Bovin Sauvage
Vache Sauvage
Bétail Sauvage
Cheers,
Raimey rse
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