# Your Centaure #773 is a
Regular
New
Model
Army (RNMA) 1st Variation 1st Sub-Variation. She is from 1960.
The lowest serial number recorded in the Centaure & FROCS data bank of an RNMA with logo is #1153.
These Centaure C&B revolvers were made by
Fabriques d'
Armes
Unies de
Liège (FAUL) in Belgium.
Originally, they were made for
Centennial Arms Corp. Inc. in Lincolnwood, IL.
First sales to European dealers from ca. 1962.
FAUL produced 5 models:
1st Model RNMA (8" barrel, 3-screw frame, recoil shield with notches),
2nd Model Civilian (8" barrel, no notches in recoil shield, silver plated TG & BS),
3rd Model Cavalry (7,5" & 8" barrel, 4-screw frame, many with shoulder stock),
4th Model Marshal (5,5" barrel, most have fluted cylinder, stainless look).
5th Model Pocket Army (4" barrel, no loading lever).
Over all 5 models some 16,200 specimens only were made between fall of 1959 and early summer of 1973.
Many variants are rare collector pieces.
For details check
www.1960nma.org.
Long Johns Wolf