H. Pieper made a TON of .22 rifles- value will depend on exact model and condition, and will likely need a hands on appraisal. There WERE some fireams made with a flip up style breech that were never meant to fire standard 22 ammo- but .22 BB caps (no powder, primer only) Have a smith check your rifle before firing anything- known as a Flobert or Warnant action, THOSE rifles are dangerous to fire with standard ammo.
There was a Henri Pieper Arms company or small plant in Liege Belgium in the late 1880's. This was one of seven gun makers in Liege Belgium that joined forces to make militaryrifles. This group eventually evolved into the famous Company "Fabrique Nationale" or "FN".
Look up Henri Pieper or John Buckinghgam shotguns on the Internet he was a prolific gun maker in the mid 1800s in Liege Belgium and the Buckingham was one of his better efforts. Pieper's son Nickolas was also a gun maker of early auto hand guns. also look up Ferdinand Hanquet his fam also made sporting an military guns in the same place
William Moore and Co. was a trade name used on shotguns manufactured by Henri Pieper of Liege, Belgium (1866-1898), Societe Anonme Establissments Pieper (1898-1907) or Anciens Establissments Pieper (1907-1930's), imported by H. and D. Folsom Arms Company of New York. These shotguns not are safe to use with modern ammunition.
Liege, Belgium (LGG)
John Buckingham was a line of guns made by Henri Pieper of Belgium in the mid 1800s. Break the gun down and look for his mark. a P or pieper or maybee an H. I have a 12ga ss marked John Buckingham on the lockplate and is engraved on all of the metal but none on the stock. Yours may have been made at the Liege gunworks in Belgium.
$219, Strictly for wall ornamentation.
William Moore and Co. was a trade name used on shotguns manufactured by Henri Pieper of Liege, Belgium (1866-1898), Societe Anonme Establissments Pieper (1898-1907) or Anciens Establissments Pieper (1907-1930's) and imported by H. & D. Folsom Arms Company of New York for sale to the sporting goods, hardware and mail order trade.Barrels of Pieper shotguns carrying the William Moore name were marked Belgium Laminated Steel, Belgian Royal Damascus, London Laminated Steel, etc. None of these barrels are safe to use with modern ammunition.There was also a William Moore and Co. of London, England that produced shotguns in the period 1853-1895, however, his shotguns will be marked 43 Old Bond Street, London on the top barrel rib and are manufactured to a higher quality and ornamentation than the Pieper trade guns
Brussels, Antwerpen, Liege, Gent
· Liege, Belgium
To find out the worth research Henri Peeper shotguns Liege Belgium his factory was on Bayard st. He made and sold shotguns under many names Bayard being one of them
Here are three: Brussels Liege Spa
In the Liege area IIRC