Originally Posted by graybeardtmm3
the lettres annales indicates proofing in 1936 (O with a small flourish at 3 o-clock)....that puts it solidly in the era that daly imported o&u guns built by masquelier in liege....there is a quick way to spot these guns - their forearm irons have a peculiar angled shape inletted into the wood on the sides....have never seen that exact shape on any other makers guns.

i never owned one, but have looked at several examples over the years....12boreman has identified the models - and in my opinion they are not a "fine" gun, but well above the average belgian gun quality.

i see marking on the left side of the single trigger,...won't be surprised to find it's a miller....looks like a nice gun - maybe with a touch of choke openings.

https://littlegun.be/arme%20belge/artisans%20identifies%20ma/a%20masquelier%20gb.htm

best regards,
tom
I owned one of those years ago. I have an article written by the late gun writer Don Zutz who verifies the above that they were made by Masquelier. For those who were previously unaware, that adds one more country to the fairly long list of those as a source of guns marked Charles Daly. The Zutz article also confirms that if the Commander OUs had single triggers, they were sourced from Miller.

Last edited by L. Brown; 03/24/23 09:08 AM.