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Given as made by A. Forgeron in 1930. It has the >>Purdey Nose<<. Fait Pour R(René??) Ménard of Rouen, France....... Anyone have a similar platform w/ Nelson Nickel Steel?? From where did ole Nelson hail? A quick search yields that there was a double retailed in Mayenne, France wearing Nelson Nickel Steel tubes. ![[Linked Image from thumbs2.imgbox.com]](https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/f3/d3/ya2WBuXm_t.jpg) ![[Linked Image from thumbs2.imgbox.com]](https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/7d/7b/cjenuarX_t.jpg) ![[Linked Image from thumbs2.imgbox.com]](https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/12/6a/WvvhWOCX_t.jpg) ![[Linked Image from thumbs2.imgbox.com]](https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/f0/13/6Kw2T3q9_t.jpg) Hochachtungsvoll, Raimey rse
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I spent a summer in Rouen. Can't believe I missed a gun maker/dealer. But it wasn't exactly a vacation. I was keeping track of about 30 college kids from Iowa who were there studying French and living with local families.
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Mr. Brown, that was Guard Duty. Not sure how you had any time.
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From Hause ShotgunWorld Ref - Rudolf Vozzerger Zacher - given as wearing Nelson Nickel Steel from 1914 - Wiepert proof-date. Made by Forgeron but passed thru a couple proof-facilities. ![[Linked Image from thumbs2.imgbox.com]](https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/ff/23/GphOXJCf_t.jpg) ![[Linked Image from thumbs2.imgbox.com]](https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/15/2d/dtCkjdH9_t.jpg) ![[Linked Image from thumbs2.imgbox.com]](https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/97/04/ZNDKa6hk_t.jpg) Serbus, Raimey rse
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I forgot to post the GunBroker link: https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1088655969Anyone think the Belgian Platform w/ Nelson Nickel Steel is actually worth $500 + expenses? At one time it looks to have been a nice piece. Serbus, Raimey rse
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i have eyeballed the gun, rather like the treatment of the ball and beads....but $500 is questionable.
as you say, it was once a fairly nice gun.
best regards,
tom
"it's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards."
lewis carroll, Alice in Wonderland
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With your Good Eye¿
I have heard a lot of gun terms here, but >>Beads<< escapes me for the moment¿
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i try and use the good eye - rather than the glass one... ball & bead breeches might be easiest explained by a few photos from a 1902 w & c scott/webley screwgrip gun i bought a few weeks back; https://www.gunbroker.com/Item/1085152120photos # 21 thru 24 show the typical rounded balls and the beaded edges that define them - it this case very handsomely done to my eye(s). best, tom
"it's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards."
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Interesting side frame reinforcement.
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