Merci Fab. Rough translation:
"The old catalogs are surely the shortest cut to truth. They crossed over the decades to give us information, One must always be skeptical about contemporary literature. The truth of the present will surely not be that of tomorrow.
If the stamp of the Paris proof house appeared in this 1884 catalog, there must be no doubt that the proof house was already in existence."
And I still have questions. One old catalog cannot negate 100 years of written history. Admittedly, gun history is subject to a lot of "oral legend' and "old wives tales." However, the origin of the Paris Proof House does not seem to be one of these. The provenance of that catalog needs to be established. Either that, or FAB has truly pushed back the boundary of history.
And by the way...did anyone notice the proof-stamps for the USA under "military firearms"? Anyone have a date for those?
Last edited by Argo44; 08/13/22 01:34 AM.
