Anybody ever hear of this manufacturer? Thanks.

It's Belgium, from Liege. They were still being made in the mid 90's , maybe still are.

They are of decent quality and with a lot of apprentices working on them.

Thanks. I have been offered the opportunity to buy one in .405 Win. that looks decent fit and finish wise. I just didn't have any real idea as to what to value it at, and all I could find on line were Mq. shotguns.
So, lower part of the food chain but still worth maybe $1000?

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Originally posted by 0007:
Thanks. I have been offered the opportunity to buy one in .405 Win. that looks decent fit and finish wise. I just didn't have any real idea as to what to value it at, and all I could find on line were Mq. shotguns.
So, lower part of the food chain but still worth maybe $1000?

I'm not saying you shouldn't pay $1000 USD for a 405 double rifle, but what i am saying is, if it is only WORTH $1000 USD, then it isn't worth anything as a double rifle!

Any double rifle WORTH owning, is WORTH far more than $1K, Hell a decent action is worth more than $1K!

I obviously didn't make myself clear here. The question is NOT whether it is worth $1000, but rather at that price would it be a good buy for a rifle by that mfg. Sorry for the confusion. I NEED a double rifle or any other firearm at this point in my life like I need another wife. I haven't had the time to enjoy any of the shooting sports for darn near 20 years; fortunately that hasn't been a problem with the wife, heh.
Frankly I'm hoping that is worth more then what I would be willing to pay for it. The idea when buying used firearms should always be to keep the costs going in to a minimum necessary to obtain said firearm. Heck, a while back my 'smith sold me an early Sako .222 for $450.00. I was happy and so was he.

I just buy stuff every now and then to remind me of what I'm missing.

Unless it's obviously a wall hanger condition-wise, I would think it would be worth more than that. Masquelier double guns are usually decent. They may still be in business. There were not long ago.
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"Serious rifles have two barrels, everything else just burns gunpowder."

I have probably seen 20-30 of them and hunted with two different ones in Belgium. They are workable and were inexpensive when compared to other Liege guns like Thys, Francotte etc.

I would think 1k would be a bargain at any condition but would have to know a lot more to pay more than 4k for one. The last one I can remember in a shop was around 6k, depending on the exchange rate.

There are/were a lot of Belgium rifles chambered in the 405. Most I have seen were pretty handy and pretty light. Be careful of it's condition if you take it to the range as Masquelier have a reputation of being 'soft'.

I would make shure it was "on face" and locked up tight. Cheack the bores. Do you have a qualified smith to run it by for his oppinon?
Bill

Hope this helps:
http://www.armes-masquelier.com/

They are still in business and maybe they can give you more specific information about the rifle.
According to their website, they make their own guns and do all sorts of repairs and adaptations.

UPDATE: for some information in English:
http://www.littlegun.be/arme%20belge/artisans%20identif...0masquelier%20gb.htm

Thanks guys. Gives me a reference point.