BONNET M.
Here a
traditional shotgun juxtaposed for cartridges with pin with Lefaucheux key
punched in Saint-Etienne between 1856 and 1869. The gauge could be of the 20.
One can read Bonnet M but we could not attach it to an arms manufacturer with Maule. Maule is a small town in Yvelines (17 km2, less than 6,000 inhabitants).
There is
still an inscription on other platinum but it is illegible. Perhaps that while
passing a chalk above, one could see more.
We did
not find the significance of figure 48 either.
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