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22nd January 2010, 12:29 AM
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Hi,
The mechanism sounds more like centrefire, would like to see better photos though, and as far as I can remember Flobert actions were all rimfire regardless of calibre. There was a reasonable sprinkling of 8mm centrefire rifles in the late 19th early 20th Century. Regards, Norman. |
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22nd January 2010, 05:05 AM
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This is the Warnant patented breech for the Flobert system.
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22nd January 2010, 05:07 AM
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What you have is definately a cut down long arm. I have had two of these over the years, one single and the other a double barrel smoothbore. The action is (I believe) RISACKS PATENT as this was marked on on one of mine. The proof marks shown are BELGIAN, not British.
Regards Stuart Last edited by kahnjar1; 22nd January 2010 at 06:15 AM. |
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22nd January 2010, 08:33 AM
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Thanks Stuart,
The mark is indeed the same as the illustration. The breech looks like it is of the 'Springfield' improved type. Ian |
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