Originally Posted By: Argo44
Pretty sure the letters in the circle are French cursive "ZF"....I'll check with French wife this evening.

Showed the letters in the circle to her. She said emphatically that this is "Z F" (and more likely "Z Fr") written in classic French cursive as every French kid learned in school.

Nice gun by the way....the French really were at the origin of breech loading shotguns.



In my eyes it seems to be a "L F", for a "Z" I miss the slash..
LF stands for the belgium barrelmaker "Lovinfosse Hardy et fils (François)". More information on a french forum about Zavattero and Lovinfoss you can find here:
(in french of course)

http://www.passionlachasse.com/t22381-identification-fusil-juxtapose

The user named "Neltir" is a real expert who knows what he talks about...!
He added some pages of a Zavattero catalogue there.

Salute,
Gunwolf

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