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2023
Follow up of 12th FROCS Meeting – 2023 July
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2024
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Book of Centaure
0.1 Acknowledgements
Chapter 1
1.1 Close Encounters of a Third Kind
1.5 Colterization
1.6 With a Little Help
Chapter 2
2.1 Major Characteristics
2.2 The Coppell Classification
2.4 Liège Proof House Marks
2.5 Milestones and Serial Numbers
2.6 Total Production in Perspective
2.7 The Hanquets
2.8 The Missing Link
2.9 Production of the Centaures
2.10 Not For Collectors Only
Chapter 3
3.1 Introduction to the Models & Variations of the Centaures
3.2 Regular New Model Army – RNMA
3.3 Second or Civilian Model
3.4 Third, Cavalry or Wade Hampton Model
3.5 Fourth or Marshal Model
3.6 Fifth or Pocket Army Models
3.7 FROCS Special
Chapter 4
4.1 Conflicting Issues
4.2 American Beauties
4.3 European Eye Candy
4.4 Pieces of Art from Liège
4.5 Exotic NMAs
4.6 Accessories of the Centaure
4.7 Gunsmithing
4.8 Italian Half Brothers
4.9 Centaures in the Movies
Chapter 5
5.1 What we Gonna do now, Butch
5.2 Master of Conversions
5.3 The Making of the Centaure Thuer Conversion
5.4 The Making of the Centaure Richards-Mason Conversion
5.5 The Infamous Centaure Mystery Conversion
5.6 The Centaure Richards Transitional Conversion
5.7 A Bucket Full of Centaure Long Cylinder Conversions
5.8 Wolf on Conversions
5.9 Thoughts about Ammo
5.10 Reflections on Centaure Conversions and the Open Top
Chapter 6
6.1 Centaures Glorious Shooting Irons and then Some
6.2 CAS-Tuning
6.3 Loading and Maintenance
6.4 FROCS
6.5 FROCS Revisited
Chapter 7
7.1 Bibliography and References
7.2 Helpful Background Information
7.3 FROCS Special – Check List and Authentication
7.4.FROCS Special-Checkliste
7.5 Step-by-Step-Loading
7.6 Step-by-Step-Laden
Chapter 8
8.1 Centaure Data
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