Went out yesterday to buy a norinco shotgun for $475, got talked out of it by a gunsmith and then picked this up from the same gunsmith for $100. I hope to find out as much as i can about it and also just want to share the pics.
Picked up an inexpensive but beautiful Belgian shotgun PICS
- Thread starter rci2950
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- West Quebec
Hopefully the gunsmith checked it out functionally and if he did good purchase
gunsaholic
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- Winnipeg, Manitoba
You certainly didn't go wrong at $100.00. Made by Liege United Arms. Proofed for smokeless loads and looks to be 12/70 which is 2 3/4" chambers. Actually looks to be made in 1957. Below is some info.
http://www.1960nma.org/Hanquets/Hanquets Gun Dynasty-20.10.09.htm
http://www.1960nma.org/Hanquets/Hanquets Gun Dynasty-20.10.09.htm
1963beretta
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Hahaha...that made me chuckle
But a great deal nonetheless. If you want to take it on as a project and try your hand at refinishing it, you have one nice piece without breaking the bank!
gunsaholic
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Yes, it would be a perfect gun for learning on. I can't see the forearm checkering but the checkering on the stock looks pretty decent so I would refinish the wood. I would also get some rust bluing solution and slow rust blue the barrels. Do not cold blue them. Also do not have them hot tanked in a caustic solution, that is a no-no for double barrels with soldered ribs. As mentioned, you would have a nice looking gun at a very low cost if you did the work.
I would recommend that you seek cartridges of lower pressure to shoot in this gun as a regular diet. Since pressures of N. American cartridges are not widely published, you will have to go looking on the internet to find this information. Shotgunworld is a good website to look at discussion of proof pressure and cartridges.
The proof pressure of Belgian standard proof after 1924, which this gun's marking show, is the European standard of 900 kg/cm2, only marginally higher than the maximum cartridge pressure of North American 12 gauge cartridges, as set by SAAMI.
This is not saying your gun is unsafe. It is just saying that there is a discrepancy between European standard proof and North American maximum cartridges pressures, in the margin of safety of proof.
This gun is not suitable for steel shot loads under any circumstances.
The proof pressure of Belgian standard proof after 1924, which this gun's marking show, is the European standard of 900 kg/cm2, only marginally higher than the maximum cartridge pressure of North American 12 gauge cartridges, as set by SAAMI.
This is not saying your gun is unsafe. It is just saying that there is a discrepancy between European standard proof and North American maximum cartridges pressures, in the margin of safety of proof.
This gun is not suitable for steel shot loads under any circumstances.
