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Jeff
Look at the picture in my above posting and you will see a protrusion that keeps the opening lever to always be centered.

Acier de surete = safety steel

CHOKE RECTIFIE = chokes regulated

Circle 65 = 65mm chambers

Mike

P.S. if you will take your pictures in the bathroom without flash you will do well. In most houses the bathroom is the best lit room in the house.
My camera is an ANCIENT Sony Mavica 73 with 3 1/2 disk format, Ebay $10.00

Mike

Wow! Is there any way to tell when this gun was manufactured?

Take a look at these and narrow it down in years

http://www.shotguns.se/html/france.html

Mike

P.S. Mine has a double proof (line 34)

Acier Suerte translates to "Proof Steel"--

RWTF, it actually means "safety steel" which means ... nothing at all, really.
The barrel set is from Heurtier, a good brand.
This gun is dating from the mid 20th century, 1930s to 1950s.
Best regards,
WC-

It's that tab on the left side of the toplever that gives it away as some Helice variant.


"La qualit� HEURTIER est un Nom et un Renom de R�f�rence dans la Canonnerie St�phanoise et dans la fabrication d'Armes de Canons et de Chasses et ce depuis le XIX si�cle. Puis de nouveau d�s 1930 lorsque Simon HEURTIER fonda sa Soci�t� "S.H & Cie" suite au d�c�s de son fr�re. La canonnerie Heurtier � disparue depuis comme beaucoup d'Armuriers St�phanois mais les fabrications et Canonneries de qualit�s sont encore dans nos mains et pour notre plaisir et passion de la chasse."

Kind Regards,

Raimey
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Jeff,
PT with the crown is the stamp for proof testing at the French proof house in St. Etienne with French proof powder T. There was also a proof house in Paris, it used different stamps. French proof was, by law, the highest in Europe at one time. 18.4 is the metric measurement of the barrels (a 12 gauge, in this case) at a point about 9 inches from the standing breech. That is what it measured originally, it could be a bit larger today if the gun saw much use or was honed.

It looks like a very nice boxlock.

Welcome to the site.

Best,
Ted