Riffle 1777 "Revolutionary" (?)
Indeed Mle 1777 basic rifle,
probably due to the absence of Marking of the lock (civil Mle Year IX) it could
be a "Revolutionary" assembly (under reserve) or a model reserved for export
which would have undergone the modification "Year IX" of the lock (civil), or a
weapon of "Treaty".
Photo below of an unmodified
1777.
Those of the revolution have
a "G" stamp surmounted by a Phrygian cap, controller of the Manufacture de PARIS
- Citizen "Gérrat".
Downgraded to No. 1 in 1833.
The 1777 models were mainly
made in St Charleville (Nozon in the Meuze Valley), Maubeuge & St Étienne.
Current village of
"Nouzonville" in the Pointe Ardennaise for "NOZON".
Manufacturing prior to Year
II of the Revolution. . . . it was modified after Year IX (lock)
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