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Strike, that was the reason according to Richard Beaumont(1984):
"The only break in this Whitworth tradition was in 1898, when the steel workers went on strike. Between July and December of that year Purdey's had to go to Krupp for barrels and made eighty-three guns with their tubes."
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Just to put a Bernard number with a Hannover retailer. I wonder if H. Scherping acquired the Gesteck and had a Suhl maker to complete it. 1877 for the Bernard tubeset but it was on-hand(Vorratszeichen) in a shop in early 1893.   27134.1877  Possibly the wrong thread for now. Kind Regards, Raimey rse
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Marc made an interesting find on a Belgian sourced Henry Rieger so I'll put it on this thread until I find a more appropriate one.    Kind Regards, Raimey rse
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As usual, was searching for something else and stumbled on this Paris retailer and his interesting story. I've seen a few of his offerings and decided to attach any & all here.  Félix Warnier, 11, Boulevard Bonne - Nouvelle, Paris Fabrique D'Armes de Chasse et de Tir On the night of April 2nd, 1913, l'armurier Félix Warnier(26 years at time so he was born circa 1887 and had just hung out his shingle) had enjoyed dinner with his wife, his parents and a couple of friends, Ms. Forbracq being one that peddled ladies under garments( courtière en lingerie ). After dinner he went to his weapons storage locker for some purpose, maybe to check inventory and his wife Charlotte dashed to assist him and for some reason toss him some pistols. His left hand had 3 automatic(I assume semi but auto is possible) pistols and I believe the last received was a Browning, which discharged shooting Charlotte in stomach/liver. Charlotte succumbed to her mortal wound later that eve in the care of Dr. Mayard at a nearby residence. Félix Warnier was arrested for his wife Charlotte's murder and stood trial in Oktober. I believe he was acquitted. Kind Regards, Raimey rse
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3 pistols in the hand at once? Guy must've had hands like a gorilla.
A fellow Army Reserve officer (police officer in civilian life) was cleaning his backup gun--a Browning .380--in the BOQ. Removed the magazine, but forgot about the round in the chamber. The accidental discharge took off the tip of his middle finger. Round then passed through the door of his room, through the door of the room across the hall, thence out the wall of the BOQ. This was one of the old WWII "temporary" barracks converted to individual rooms, and while they stood the test of time (still being used in the 1980's), the construction wasn't exactly first rate.
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This example peddled by Félix Warnier will play tricks on your eyes. Are you sporting your monocle Dr. Hause?    Bernard Bréveté - I'd assume this is A. Bernard, Emil Bernard or a Bernard of Liege??? I've seen some active dates of circa 1890 to 1912(FW dans un losange then) so I wonder if Félix Warnier's father was an armurier?? Kind Regards, Raimey rse
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That seems to be a fake damascus, doesn't it?
Or more actually a very low grade one disguised as a high grade.
The Bernard is the Belgian one, who used to sign a la L Bernard, but with the "cannonier de Paris" rather than "cannonier a Paris", e.g. "barrelmaker from Paris", rather than "barrelmaker in Paris", indicating that he had lived in Paris at some point.
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Raimey, found this and thought it might be of interest for you: Damastläufe (You have to click on the page images at the left to get the whole pages) Maybe you already know it…because probably you are familiar with the "Polytechnisches Journal". It's inxcredible what one can find there about steel and barrel making….. Best Regards, Wolfgang
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Don't know about the fake Damascus, but what's on the rib is fake French. No accent on the first e of brevete.
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 I don't recall where exactly I posted the above, but I finally cracked the code on S.H&Cie: S. Heurtier & Cie - St. Etienne I believe they could really roll their own pattern welded tubes early on and a Piney name may have been associated with them being some combination or effort of Antoine Heurtier & L. Piney - resulting in a Crown over HP stamp??? Kind Regards, Raimey rse
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