Majestic
I put to you in appendix a photograph of interesting cartridges because which give us the identity of my small rifle “Majestic” in Paris.
You will notice ahead last position the 10mm Gaupillat, quasi interchangeable with the 9 Flobert with that close the second inflates a little in the room of the first.
When it is known that the Gaupillat family belongs to the “shareholders builders” of the Majestic hotel in Paris about 1908… and that the aforementioned hotel had an internal shooting range with destination, partly of the children of the customers….and that one observes dimensions of stock….and of room of my rifle….any light: We deal with extremely rare 10mm Gaupillat marked of the Majestic hotel.
Here a comparative table of quotation enters the 32short, 9mm simple load, 9mm double load, 10mm Gaupillat.
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32 Short |
9mm Simple Charge |
9mm double Charge |
10mm Gaupillat |
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Dia. bourrelet: |
9.2 mm |
10.2 |
10.2 |
10.6 |
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Dia. culot: |
8.2mm |
8.80 |
8.80 |
9.00 |
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Dia. partie carton: |
7.29mm |
8.00 |
7.8 |
8.4 |
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Lg culot + bourrelet: |
14mm |
11.00 |
10.00 |
20.00 |
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Lg totale cartouche: |
23.5mm |
27.00 |
39.00 |
45.00 |
On the photograph the cartridges are in this order….was added with the extreme rare right-hand side only one “9 mm fireworks”….just for the fun.
PS: I hold to thank Fabien, large collector of ammunition in front of the Eternal, the invaluable assistance that it brought to me.
Marc
