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kuduae
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Re: Belgian proof marks
      14/10/10 06:50 AM

This "crowned R" is indeed the Liege, Belgium mark for rifled barrels, canon raye in French, so it was proofed as a black-powder 8 bore elephant rifle. Perhaps it was intnded for use in th the Belgian Congo. The star/S is the personal mark of a proof inspector. The "perron" (from pierre =stone), in fact a pineapple on a pillar, is the age-old symbol of the City of Liege. The ELG in a crowned oval is in use since 1893.
4seventy, b. blindee = jacketed bullet and b.plomb = lead bullet merely denoted the type of bullet a rifle was proofed for, if there was a choice of factory loads in the same case.

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* Belgian proof marks empirevr 30/09/10 07:49 PM
. * * Re: Belgian proof marks Sville   30/09/10 08:40 PM
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. * * Re: Belgian proof marks 4seventy   01/10/10 06:56 AM
. * * Re: Belgian proof marks empirevr   01/10/10 07:49 AM
. * * Re: Belgian proof marks CHAPUISARMES   01/10/10 08:37 AM
. * * Re: Belgian proof marks AkMike   01/10/10 01:27 PM
. * * Re: Belgian proof marks CommandCar   01/10/10 08:27 AM
. * * Re: Belgian proof marks 4seventy   01/10/10 06:43 PM
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. * * Re: Belgian proof marks Huvius   02/10/10 10:08 AM
. * * Re: Belgian proof marks Sville   14/10/10 05:24 AM
. * * Re: Belgian proof marks kuduae   14/10/10 06:50 AM
. * * Re: Belgian proof marks 4seventy   01/10/10 01:38 PM
. * * Re: Belgian proof marks kamilaroi   01/10/10 03:14 PM
. * * Re: Belgian proof marks CommandCar   01/10/10 08:31 AM

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