Originally Posted By: revdocdrew
What an idiot Canons Delcour was the barrel making branch of Jean-Baptiste Delcour-Dupont of Nessonvaux!! The usual mark is a Crown over D and has been found on damascus Smith guns.
http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20belge/artisans%20identifies%20d/a%20delcour%20dupont%20gb.htm
They could certainly have supplied the 4-, 5-, and 6- blade damascus on the higher grade Aubrey and Meriden guns.


Drew,

Nice catch!!

I missed this one. I updated my Belgian sheet with it as well.

Some more information Jean-Baptiste from "Le Qui est Qui";
Jean was the father of Lucien Delcour.
He was a manager for Pieper & Cie then opened his own shop and specialized in Damascus barrels.
1910 received a patent for making sxs shotgun barrels
1921 registered the trade name of "Canons Delcour"
The Delcour company was in business all the way through 1968.

With his connections to Pieper and the fact the Sears catalog shows Diana ( a Pieper trade mark) grade guns, I would not be surprised if Delcour was a major supplier for Meriden. You are correct, he would have had the resource in Nessonvaux to supply any type of barrel Meriden/Aubrey could want.

Pete