@ Cap'n Redneck,
You are so correct good sir, I di the post a little late and i saw 2 errors. (1) was as you had mentioned the ELG Liege, Belgium proof mark which shows the conversion was done before 1893 (2) The German Prussian war of 1870 / 71 which i believe this firearm was bought by the French from an American dealer or by Remington directly after the Civil War and sent to France. From what I understand (please correct me if I'm wrong) their were a ton of guns after the Civil war in which the army & Navy had and some were sent to Remington to be converted & updated, while others were sold back to Remington at like $2 a piece by the government, then resold to dealers and France for around $9 to $12 after Remington had refurbished the grips and other items as needed, which is why you see a lot of Remington's with different serial #'s under the grip on the frame and the barrel. I was a little concerned when I first looked at the serial# and saw that the 9 & 6 were not completely marked and looked more like C's But after some research I found it was not that uncommon to see this type of error. The good thing is that my barrel although missing most of the serial# due to conversion, does have the same sequence of starting No.'s so it should be the original barrel and frame. as for the Cylinder, probably not or it could have been cut down. It's really too hard to tell but i do not see any proof marks other then the Belgium ones so....
I can tell you i have looked all over the internet for similar pieces, I can not find any. The only other one I have ever seen with the Webley extractor was a Remington belt revolver but like mine their was no history on it. So all that is left is to try to verify if it was used in the civil war and the Prussian war. If it was a Colt i could have found all of this out very simply...but its not, lol
Sincerely,
Mike, Arkansas