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Unread 12-05-2019, 10:59 PM   #1
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Drew,

By the engraving and checkering pattern I believe this gun to be a Model 5580. There is a higher grade that looks similar, but neither has the same cut out in the back of the frame for the stock.

The catalog lists the chokes as left full and right cylinder, so the gun was opened in the right barrel before it left the factory. Apparently they bored both to full, marked the barrels, then opened it up to cylinder and marked the choke a second time.

Thanks again for your help.

p.s. Can I get someone who speaks French to translate all of it since I only translated the choke borings. Thanks.
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Until a French-speaking guy who knows European guns comes along, this is my ballpark effort:

[Hammerless Hunting Gun, Anson & Deeley type, Greenwood Street, Liege, Belgium]

Poids: [weight:] [as per three gauges offered]
eniron: [approximately]



[Proofed with nitro powder]

M.L. [Liege, Belgium- Firearms (brand)] Acier [steel] special: [Special Steel]

5580 – Special Steel gun M. L. full choke left barrel, cylinder right barrel, Greener’s patent treble wedge fast bolting system, English engraving [style?], “trempe jaspee” [stumped here: figured metal grip cap?? -- something aesthetic]

5580 E. – the same gun with automatic ejectors

5600 – as with 5580 –finished simpler, engraved screws, and rosettes, “trempe jaspee” [still stumped here: figured metal grip cap? -- something aesthetic] (Model 5600 is lower cost?, maybe due to no English-style engraving.)
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