Any ideas?

illuminatus99

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here's the markings, this is the same gun I posted about a while back but this time with pictures, the closest I've seen is a WM Parkhurst it looked very similar but had a more modern style stock like you'd see on a rifle, it also didn't have any engraving or gold inlay.

S.P.I. 14353
207 C D
A wierd symbol with the word "choke" under it.
17.4/18.3
3 *s between the barrels
 
OK,

It's continental European, as shown by the choke markings in milimeters.

SPI I'm not familiar with, unfortunately.

It's got the general look of a generic Belgian gun.

The strange symbol is probably the proof mark, and would tell you where it was made, and possibly generally when, but I think manufacture date is probably sometime between 1880 and 1900.

Oh! I can make out a proof mark on the underside of the barrels near the locking block. ELG in a circle under a crown is, IIRC, the mark of Liege, the big proof house in Belgium.

I can also make out "Full Choke" on one of the barrels (monitor at home is a LOT better than the one at work), which to me indicates it was made pretty much for the American trade, or else it would be in French.

I think you've got a pretty common "shop gun" of the period. Tons of inexpensive guns made in Belgium around Liege for export.
 
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