I couldn't get a good picture of all the marks. Most are understood.
At the fron are 8844, C 46, and 10x. Spacing varies between letters and numbers. There is a single B on the fore end loop.
At the rear are CANON DE GALAND, FABRICANT A PARIS, 17.8 and CHOKE. All pretty obvious. There is also a capital M with an asterisk over which is an 1877- Belgium inspector's mark and thePost 1853 Radio Tower proof mark. There is an oval cartouche that is essentially gone so no info. The only thing that looks like a maker's mark is a square punched field that contains a pair of interlaced semicircular shaped horns, or that is my take on it under a magnifier. I couldn't locate anything like it in the limited references I had on the subject.
I knowGaland was better known for revolvers, but I have seen several very nice doubles from him. This gun is marked Galand Paris on the top rib, and he had shops both there and in belgium. The bottom of the barrel would seem to indicate that it was manufactured in Paris in his Paris shop, but the proofs show that either it went to Melgium for proof or the barrel was proofed there. Probably late 1870's. The intertwined antlers may be the barrel maker mark.
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