Who made this single-barrel shotgun shown at the London Great Exhibition of 1851?

Aaron · February 25, 2020, 2:23am

Who made this single-barrel shotgun that was displayed at the London Great Exhibition of 1851?

Lefaucheux?

Lefaucheux · February 26, 2020, 6:49am

Yes, Casimir Lefaucheux …Who else ?

Aaron · February 26, 2020, 11:48am

That is my thought. They just use weird wording; “on Lefaucheux’s plan.”

I think that that gun I showed you on Catawiki is this same model.

I went ahead and bought it, it was so cheap. I’ll see what I can find when it arrives.

Lefaucheux · February 26, 2020, 6:17pm

Let me know and show me de details

fusilLF · February 26, 2020, 8:08pm

Probably it was made by Lefaucheux. But, It is written “…Claudin and others also have specimen of gun upon the same principe” ( to the left).
Maybe a 1849 patent shotgun. I will show you a exemple

fusilLF · February 28, 2020, 5:43pm

Aaron · February 28, 2020, 6:09pm

And that is Lefaucheux not Claudin right?

Aaron · February 28, 2020, 6:15pm

Here is the 1850, (and addendums from 1852,1857) Claudin patent:

fusilLF · February 28, 2020, 6:37pm

“lefaucheux 's plan” : its a 1833 Lefaucheux patent or 1849 Lefaucheux patent.
In 1851,the 1833 Lefaucheux’s patent is free,every gunmakers can make this model.
In 1851, the 1849 Lefaucheux’s patent was Lefaucheux 's property.
It’s not for me a Claudin 's patent,but he has the rigtht to make a gun on the Lefaucheux 1833 patent

fusilLF · February 28, 2020, 6:40pm

Lefaucheux’s Patent 1849

If you can see this, it’s Lefaucheux for sure

Aaron · February 29, 2020, 1:08am

Well mine is definitely different. Belgian Proofs indicated it was made after 1853.

Who is C.F?

fusilLF · February 29, 2020, 7:46am

nice,
I found nothing on “CF”
16 gauge? Under the barrel,we can see “17.0”

Lefaucheux · February 29, 2020, 2:50pm

If you want to see or read more, clic on the link below

http://s144812367.onlinehome.fr/carabine-signee-lefaucheux-en-cal-24-a-broche

Lefaucheux · February 29, 2020, 2:51pm

C.F is probably a person who work on this shotgun …

Aaron · February 29, 2020, 7:04pm

The 16g seems really loose and wiggles a lot in here

14g fits perfectly:

fusilLF · February 29, 2020, 7:31pm

Thanks. Normally a barrel with “17.0” is a 16 gauge. Maybe, he took a 16g barrel and he made a 14 gauge (increasing diameter of the chamber)

ron3350 · March 1, 2020, 12:18pm

Aaron
You are bragging with that Eprouve Liege headstamped case.
I have never seen any proof cases for sale in Australia.
Keep up the good interesting items. Ron.

Aaron · March 1, 2020, 2:41pm

There is info in here about some more of those proof cartridges if you haven’t picked up a copy yet. (Also in IAA Journal Issue 494, Nov/Dec 2013)