Please help me with any info on this gun I have inherited from my great grandfather. Maker? County of origin (I think Belgium? Value? Possible to shoot? I know you guys are the experts and I am clearly not, so any info would be great.
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Looks like Belgium to me. Sometime after 1893. The ELG* cartouch.
Unusual cheekpiece. Is it rifled?
Unusual cheekpiece. Is it rifled?
The gun was proofed and most likely made in Belgium.
The ELG Star in an ellipse without the crown on top was used from 1811 thru 1892.
The back action lock was popular in the 1840-1860 era which implies the gun was most likely made around that time.
As to whether it is safe to shoot my answer is, "probably" but it really should be checked out by a competent gun smith before it is shot.
The ELG Star in an ellipse without the crown on top was used from 1811 thru 1892.
The back action lock was popular in the 1840-1860 era which implies the gun was most likely made around that time.
As to whether it is safe to shoot my answer is, "probably" but it really should be checked out by a competent gun smith before it is shot.
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The cheek piece was a common item on European shotguns made for Europeans. They were not seen a lot in America.
This shotgun may have traveled here from Europe with a returning GI, as the men often brought home such " trophies" of their time in Europe during and after the war. Families needing money to get a fresh start, and knowing that the guns would be confiscated by Occupying Allied troops anyway, often would "sell" such old guns to GIs for whatever money they could get, and then dig it out of its hiding place to transfer to him. :hmm: :idunno:
This shotgun may have traveled here from Europe with a returning GI, as the men often brought home such " trophies" of their time in Europe during and after the war. Families needing money to get a fresh start, and knowing that the guns would be confiscated by Occupying Allied troops anyway, often would "sell" such old guns to GIs for whatever money they could get, and then dig it out of its hiding place to transfer to him. :hmm: :idunno:
