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WILDFOWL Canons Delcour marked barrels?

Posted by Mike Dean on December 11, 2021, 10:45 pm

Upon closer examination of the barrels on the WF I discovered what appeared to be a rounded three point crown over a D on both barrels.
The Forum archives indicated that these barrel markings are consistent with the Canons Delcour (Letter D under 3 point oval crown) and Delcour-Dupont Jean.

These barrels must have been in the inventory before May 10, 1940 when the Germans invaded Belgium. Anyone else have similar markings on their WF? I just sent off for my letter so I am not sure when this WF was built but according to the numbers it may have been in one of the first shipment to ROD in 1942.

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Order Numbers and Shipping Dates

Posted by Jim Stubbendieck on December 12, 2021, 9:18 am, in reply to "WILDFOWL Canons Delcour marked barrels?"
Edited by board administrator December 12, 2021, 9:20 am

The first five shipments to the Rochester Ordnance District were:

No. 52269 5/9/42
No. 52283 5/9/42
No. 52309 5/9/42
No. 52310 6/23/42
No. 52364 7/28/42

Each order contained more than one shotgun. Serial Number 197628 was in Order No. 52309.

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