doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion Double Rifles, Paradox Guns & Gauge Rifles @ doublegunshop.com Unknown French 16ga SXS Help with ID and value

This is a cross post from Shotgun World and 16ga.com. I was told you guys know your stuff. So here goes.

A customer brought this into me for a cleaning, ID, and appraisal. I know little about it other than it is a 16ga, has 27" barrels, and 2.50" chambers. Other searches I have done have not turned up anything of substance.

I think it is a french gun. It hase on the action in what appears to be gold inlay "Martin A Paris" Which turns up nothing in my searches. On the flat of the reciever it is stamped "Denis. m". The only common thread to this gun is the Crown stamp over a "PT" stamp. All of the cross pins in the reciever seem to be rivited and not threaded with heads on them.
I need to find out what, when, where, who, and how much. What is it pressure rated to? Customer want to shoot it if he can. Otherwise it will be a wall hanger or sold if it is a very high dollar piece.

Also it came in a leather case stamped P.D.V.

Here are the pics.

You'll get more exposure/comments in the 1st forum topic. Without a doubt it is French.

Kind Regards,

Raimey
rse

By all means do what Raimey suggested. Nice case BTW.

With kind regards,
Jani

Also on the left flat are the initials "EM" which are those of the craftsman who fitted the tubes to the action and I would bet he was related to ole Denis.M. It's not a wallhanger and I'd say it is a shooter. Most manufactures of 65mm shotshells have choices which you can use.

Kind Regards,

Raimey
rse

The 'Crown over PT' proofmark indicates that it was manufactured from 1900 onwards.