]My grandfather has given us a antique belgium rifle ... It does have the proof marks ... But they are kind of hard to be able to date ... It has the crown over the e l g ... And also has a few more markings ... Can anyone give me a more narrowed down date
Hi. The "Choke 18.1 18.2" indicates it's a shotgun not a rifle. You really need to post pictures of the proof marks, if you can. Any names on it?
However, posting pictures may not help much. Prior to W.W. I there were literally hundreds of small shops around Liege churning out firearms. http://www.littlegun.be/arme belge/a a artisans identifies gb.htm
There are some dates connected to proof marks though. Start here. http://www.nramuseum.com/media/940944/proofmarks.pdf
And here for Damascus barrels.(not safe to shoot with any ammo despite the internet nonsense). Perron is the Tower. http://damascus-barrels.com/Belgian_All_Proofmarks.html
Rummage around here too.
A net search for "Belgian proof marks" turns up 872,000 results.
