I have an early Darne v20 with the same type I believe pins on the sides. Maybe someone more familiar with late 19th or early 20th century guns can shed more light on the subject. I think that they are pins with a concave rather than convex surface. That makes more sense to me than the more modern convex surface.The zrne is #11610.

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