manuf versailles

[cajou]

hello folks I woold like some info about a pistol .the (once polished)lockplate is inscribed "manuf versailles" and before the cock "1769" .it has a octangonal barrel that turns round.and the stock looks(to me) liake it is made from walnut with brass hardwear.looks a little like a harper's ferry with a steel rod untherneath . a verry squar pan. and the barrel marks cal44 r.s in a cirkel 9006 (sepose the serial nr)kgs 700(supose the weight) :thumbsup: :sorryalthou it weighs 1150 grs), three smal cirkels ,ascheild with a cross in it and the nrs11.2 and 1 thats it hoe can tell me more i found it in belgium but i beleef its a cheap coppy of an old french pistol!!! :imo:

why those that spelling
cheq doens' t wurk for me?????

 

[Tumblernotch]

cajou, I'd say you have a reproduction pistol. I'm no expert on French pistols, but what information I have leads me to believe that. French military pistols of that period generally have at least .57 caliber bores and no metric marks. It does sound like it is a copy of a pistol of that period though. Many originals had an octagon-to-round barrel, many had the maker's name there as well as the lockplate and many military pistols had the regiment or officer they were issued or sold to. Sorry I can't help more. I'm sure someone on here can tell you much more.
:: :m2c:

 

[Henry]

The cross in the shield is a + or a X ?

 

[cajou]

it's a x , and on top off the shield is a tinny helmet ingraved;
thanks for helping me around.

 

[Henry]

Could it be the Spanish Eibar proof mark ?

http://www.9mmlargo.com/proofs/proofs.htm

Henry, dit... Henry

 

[cajou]

jes thats it thanks henry ore should i say ,mercy pour me aider, se tres jentil.
hope i can return the fafor some day for now i got a lot to lurn, i'm an absolute biginner. probebly i should start with my english. to go back to the toppic i now know it is a spanich pistol from after 09/07/1931 ore am i jumping to fast ?




thaks again jou all, nice to find some kindred spirets , i was thinking i was the only one that loved 'old' :thumbsup: stuf

 

[Henry]

My pleasure ,

You see you are not alone !

Where is Herk ?

Do you know of these black powder
enthusiasts in Belgium ?

http://www.chez.com/fosses/Comp8.htm

Henry , dit... Henry

 

[cajou]

hawdy, no i d'ont know off these guy's but thats probebly becouse i'm not french but off flamishe oregin i will probebly meet them when thy do the big waterloo reanactment, i was planing to go there anyway,One of my ancestors was there for the big event in 1815, on the french side .didn't got kild do.


herk is located between hasselt and diest nearby st truiden aprocsemetly 75 km from antwerp and 80 km from brussels

 

[Henry]

I see it on the map , you are not very
far from Luik ( Li

 

[cajou]

yes i believe it's finely open, it was prosponed a number off times in the past, haven't been there yet, i wan's went befor they changed it, and it is a muzeum with a increadebl quantety off stuf the displaying was in the past verry poor to say the least .i will reply jou more but i gotto go to wurk;