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marcus396
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captkirk3@dslextreme.com
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 Posted - 06/06/2009 : 10:02:16 AM
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| The Photo You Posted is quite Small.....but appears to be what We call a FLOBERT.....There were several manufacturers Cranking these Rifles and Pistols out in Belguim, and in the Liege area especially.... |
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rufe-snow
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Posted - 06/06/2009 : 10:34:55 AM
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I'll second what the Capt. told you. It's a Flobert with a "Warnant" action mechanism. Since it's marked with the "Country of Origin", as required by U.S. law. It dates no earlier then the 1890's. This would make it's age at the oldest, 30+ plus years after the American Civil War.
They were chambered for various Black Powder Metric rimfire cartridges. Yours is most likely to be in .22 Cal. Don't use modern smokeless high pressure ammo in it though, if it is. |
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Edited by - rufe-snow on 06/06/2009 10:41:40 AM |
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marcus396
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Posted - 06/07/2009 : 3:10:12 PM
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it is a 32 cal, my 22 hornet bullet fits and elg crown, and this :
FL. 8M.1 L
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TiBuck
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Posted - 11/28/2010 : 4:33:19 PM
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Hello, i have a rifle with the "FL. 8M.1 L" ELG and more marking on it, i found that it is a rolling block .32 long riffle caliber, and it is from Belgium. i cant see the picture of yours with the link provided. i am posting mine to compare,
http://picasaweb.google.com/guypierresolid/Elg#
i cant find similar to mine on the web.
maybe you can help me find more about it.
Thanks
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Spider7115
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fordsix
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Posted - 11/28/2010 : 6:25:51 PM
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| it is not for shooting 32 rimfire ,it is for the special 32 rimfire flobert cartridges |
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hrf
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Posted - 11/28/2010 : 6:39:42 PM
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| TiBuck's example is not a Flobert, but a Belgian copy of the Remington Model 4 rolling block boy's rifle. It probably is chambered for the regular .32 rimfire rounds, which matters little since ammo is no longer made. |
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TiBuck
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Posted - 11/28/2010 : 6:44:04 PM
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hrf, you got it.
i thank you very much. |
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rufe-snow
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Posted - 11/28/2010 : 6:51:15 PM
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| I had a thumbpiece of a original Danish RB, rechambered in 45-70 break off like that also. The old RB's were made of wrought iron not steel. Wrought iron is just a step up from cast iron, as far as the metallurgy is concerned. |
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TiBuck
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belgium flobert rifle
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