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I don't have much for photos, just a few bad ones from when I first got it. The engraving is a bit different from the scroll that I've seen on most Ideals. If I remember right it has three palm steel barrels, so I'm guessing it is a grade 4. It looks better now than it did then, but still needs some work.

Serban, that's all the engraving I got and no, it is not an ejector

Bill, yours is a real beauty. Gorgeous fences.

Quite an assortment of fences btw.

Here is a photos of Jeff G.'s action:


JC

Those are some wonderful Ideals !

Here are a couple of pictures of mine

Hi JC
Thanks for putting the pic of my Ideal it is a 2r in tremendous condition, I must say I am moved by the beauty of the other members Ideals, they are lovely. Bill G. is my cousin so I get to fondle Dustins now Bills beautiful grade 6. I retain purchasing rights if Bill decides to sell.
Jeff g.

Those Lunette triggers are too cool for words !

And I thought I was the only lucky one!

Jeff, you are welcome.

Your cousin Bill has quite the nice assortment of doubles!

Northern Bob's Art Nouveau specimen is really special.

I posted this before, but maybe some of you don't have it yet.
The information coincides with the one in Jean-Claude MOURNETAS' book
"Le fusil de chasse IDÉAL"
Serial numbers, dates & production volumes

"NUMEROTATION"=serial numbers. "NOMBRE"=number of Idéals made.

For those who have not seen them, the catalogues you can find here are really
worth seeing:
Manufrance Catalogues
You'll find:
-Manufacture francaise d'Armes , Tarif no. 21, St-Etienne, 1890.
-Manufacture francaise d'Armes , St-Etienne, 1895.
-Manufacture francaise d'Armes , Tarif-Album general no. 58, St-Etienne, 1900.
-Manufacture francaise d'armes et cycles, Saint-Etienne, 1905
-Manufacture Francaise d'Armes et Cycles, Tarif-Album, St-Etienne, 1910.

JC

That's a fair number of Ideals, total. But I recall reading somewhere--not sure where just now--that Manufrance made nearly a million Robusts.

Bonjour Larry,

M. J-C Mournetas has a book on Robusts too. It would be interesting to get one.
Publisher

JC

Now all we need to do is convince all Anglophone owners of French shotguns to acquire fluency in la belle langue!