MAC and MAT: B MAS: ABĬompanie des forges de Chtillon, Gemmentry and Menses-Maisons. More research is needed in this area.īedel Pere ses fils et Cie. Here is a listing of some of the different steel suppliers that I have acquired so far and the codes used by different armories for the various steel suppliers. Right above the serial number at a 45 degree angle is either a one or two letter code that shows who provided the steel for the barrel, this is called the pourvoyeur de acier. The WW1 contracted commercial companies were usually given letters in block letters but they also used the cursive script letters as well on thier serial numbers (see below) Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de Tulle (MAT). Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de Saint Etienne (MAS). Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de Chtellerault (MAC). The armories were assigned the following letters:ġ. French firearms were produced in blocks of 100,000 each. Once the manufacturer got to the last letter block assigned to them they started back with the first letter but added a second letter to it starting with the first letter assigned to that armory.
Once a block of numbers was used they moved on to the next letter and so forth. On the left side of the barrel is found the serial number that is preceded by a letter prefix which is commonly in cursive script of which each of the different Manufacture Nationale de Armes was issued a different letter for each of the blocks of firearms made by that particular armory. Here is a listing of the different codes, letters, numbers and such as found on Lebels and Berthier Rifle and Carbines and what they mean. How to Read and Understand the Different Letters and Number Codes on a Lebel and Berthier
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