Originally Posted By: ellenbr
Nah, not too much over celebration on Memorial Day as there were just too many tasks at hand but might be more inclined for tomorrow's celebration of Jefferson Davis' birthday. We will sort of the chaffe/chaff sooner or later.

I do wonder if there are any Belgian/French sporting weapons with the toplever stop that are not associated with a V-C design? Antoine Cordy of Liege may have but was it because he absorbed V-C in 1929 and continued till? Or vice-versa?

Kind Regards,

Raimey
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Raimey, Cordy absorbed V-C in 1929? I'm beginning to think you're seriously into controlled substances. smile I have a V-C catalog from 1922, as well as pages from V-C's 1934 catalog. The latter states: "Manufacture d'Armes Verney-Carron, St-Etienne (Loire). Depots: Paris, 37, rue Vivienne - Lyon, 8, rue des Archers." If there was any absorbing going on, seems to me V-C would have ended up in Belgium--which they clearly did not. Likely some Belgian makers just recognized and used a good design, as in the Helice system. (Under "Nos Representants a l'Etranger" in their 1922 catalog, V-C lists Algeria, Chile, Indo-China, Switzerland, Egypt, Morocco, Portugal, and Transvaal. Zip in Belgium.)

Last edited by L. Brown; 06/02/13 06:33 PM.