Belgium antique rifle

[Adria3583]

]My grandfather has given us a antique belgium rifle ... It does have the proof marks ... But they are kind of hard to be able to date ... It has the crown over the e l g ... And also has a few more markings ... Can anyone give me a more narrowed down date

[Adria3583]

It also has the squiggly lines together
Choke 18.1 18.2
Perron

[T. O'Heir]

Hi. The "Choke 18.1 18.2" indicates it's a shotgun not a rifle. You really need to post pictures of the proof marks, if you can. Any names on it?
However, posting pictures may not help much. Prior to W.W. I there were literally hundreds of small shops around Liege churning out firearms.
http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20belge...ifies%20gb.htm
There are some dates connected to proof marks though. Start here.
http://www.nramuseum.com/media/940944/proofmarks.pdf
And here for Damascus barrels.(not safe to shoot with any ammo despite the internet nonsense). Perron is the Tower.
http://damascus-barrels.com/Belgian_All_Proofmarks.html
Rummage around here too.
A net search for "Belgian proof marks" turns up 872,000 results.

[Hawg]

And here for Damascus barrels.(not safe to shoot with any ammo despite the internet nonsense)

Then why do so many people shoot them, me included? I agree they should be checked out but to condemn all of them is nonsense.