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I'm new to this forum but I have just acquired an interesting gun I can't identify and could use some help. The stock has a helmeted man's image and a rosette, the barrels are 38" long, and there's plenty of proof marks but being new to antiques I can't find definitive info online. Photos here: https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0k5qXGF1678l4Any help is greatly appreciated!
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Early marks from the proof facility in St. Etienne. Number in the oval is bore with respect to the French pound. Lovely styling of the stock, possibly a Swan's neck variant?
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Raimey
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Thanks, Raimey. Any idea of the year or years this might have been made?
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The marks seem to bound it between 1824 & 1856.
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The bore to the French pound is 30, AR was the tube mechanic & the firm just might have been S&G. Looks to be an etched on pattern, so I'd have a long look @ those tubes.
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They also stamped AR but with a crown above for guns that they proved at St.Etienne that were of foreign make. ellenbr is probably correct if there is no small crown mark visible. Lagopus.....
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