I'm hoping someone out there can help me date a Saint-Étienne double-barrel 16 gauge my father brought home from WWII. I know it's a French made gun, and most likely not all that rare or valuable - but I'm really curious as to its age. I'm guessing it was manufactured some time after 1900 and before 1940. I've been able to figure out some of the stampings (e.g., 'ACIER SUPERIEUR' I think means superior steel, and 'RECTIFIÉ' probably means adjusted or choked), but I was hoping maybe some of the numbers or other stampings revealed details about the age of the gun. Any help or info is much appreciated. I'm assuming the burned inscription 'Mechin' on the stock was the name of the Frenchman that owned the shotgun before it was confiscated by the Nazis.
Austria
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BE Austria Vienna |
BE Austria Ferlach |
St Etienne Shotgun Proof Marks
Belgium
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BE Belgium Liege |
Chile
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BE Chile Santiago de Chile |
Czech Republic
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BE Czech Praha |
Finnland
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BE Finland Helsinki |
France
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BE France Saint-Etienne |
Germany
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BE Germany Braunschweig |
BE Germany Kiel |
BE Germany Koln |
BE Germany Mellrichstadt |
BE Germany Munchen |
BE Germany Suhl |
BE Germany Ulm |
Hungary
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BE Hungary Budapest |
Saint Etienne Proof Marks Chart
Italia
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BE Italy Gardone |
Russia
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BE Russia Izhevsk |
BE Russia Klimovsk5 |
BE Russia Klimovsk II |
BE Russia Krasnozavodsk |
Slovakia
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BE Slovakia Lieskovec |
BE Slovakia Liptovska skúšobňa |
Spain
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BE Spain Eibar |
United Arab Emirates
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BE United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi |
United Kingdom
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BE Great Britain Birmingham |
BE Great Britain London |
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