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Posted By: 78CJ Crossover Stocked Belgian 12 Gauge - 05/09/20 04:33 PM
I want to sell this, I have no idea what a fair price is. It is a rare occasion when there is no data available. Any help is appreciated. I will certainly honor the $10 fee if this is sold here.

12 Gauge, chokes appear to be very full according to my dial calipers but I don't have bore size to compare. Barrels measure to 26 13/16 but don't appear cut to me? Barrel blue is getting thin, good case color in protected areas.

Thanks

Ryan





Posted By: Drew Hause Re: Crossover Stocked Belgian 12 Gauge - 05/09/20 05:19 PM
Interesting and thanks for posting Ryan.
It may be a Manufacture Liegeoise. Just forward of the flats on both barrels there is a Crown over something - could it be 'ML'? 'LD'? (Lambert Dumoulin)
The lettre annale is probably a 'f' = 1927
It carries Smokeless Proof which was mandatory after 1924.
The chambers are 65mm = 2 1/2"
The 'choke' mark only means a muzzle constriction > 2 mm or .008".
Is there nothing on the rib?

Unfortunately there is very little interest today for well used but not abused 12g Belgian doubles with 2 1/2" chambers, and the crossover stock diminishes the number of prospective buyers much more.
Posted By: 78CJ Re: Crossover Stocked Belgian 12 Gauge - 05/09/20 05:27 PM
Originally Posted By: Drew Hause
Interesting and thanks for posting Ryan.
It may be a Manufacture Liegeoise. Just forward of the flats on both barrels there is a Crown over something - could it be 'ML'? 'LD'? (Lambert Dumoulin)
The lettre annale is probably a 'f' = 1927
It carries Smokeless Proof which was mandatory after 1924.
The chambers are 65mm = 2 1/2"
The 'choke' mark only means a muzzle constriction > 2 mm or .008".
Is there nothing on the rib?

Unfortunately there is very little interest today for well used but not abused 12g Belgian doubles with 2 1/2" chambers, and the crossover stock diminishes the number of prospective buyers much more.


I really can not make out what is below that crown. For sure an "L" but the other character sort of resembles the "L" but backwards.

Nothing on the rib at all.

Thanks for the info Drew.
Posted By: LGF Re: Crossover Stocked Belgian 12 Gauge - 05/09/20 08:29 PM
I gather that crossover stocks were primarily intended for people who lost the sight of an eye but are they a feasible solution for cross dominance? I suspect that fitting would not be easy, but the usual solutions - tape, vaseline, winking - never have worked well for me, and switching to shooting left handed would require a whole new brain.
Posted By: KY Jon Re: Crossover Stocked Belgian 12 Gauge - 05/10/20 12:07 AM
A lot of crossover guns wee made after WWI. A lot of men came back with missing eyes or injuries which required a crossover stock. I have never seen any that were not right shoulder, left eye but I figure a few might exist. The market for your gun is very limited and your gun is not of great value. A few hundred is the ceiling if you can even find a buyer.
Posted By: cable Re: Crossover Stocked Belgian 12 Gauge - 05/13/20 12:58 AM
my son is strongly left eye dominant and very strongly right handed.

might be interested in getting this for him... and let him try it.

? let me know what you are asking ?

thanks

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