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I got lucky the other day and purchased this nice 12 gauge French SXS. I took photos, but was using a new camera so not everything came out as Id hoped. Im also having trouble downloading to my image host so that I can post photos of the proofs etc. According to the seller its a Fauget & Co., I cant find them in my Carders book so I suspect they were a sales outlet and not a manufacturer. Im pretty excited about this gun. It has 27 barrels (68.5cms) with dual proofs, it appears to have been almost unused, and it weighs in at a svelt 5lbs 14ounces. The French know how to build them! Ill try my image host again later and see if I cant get pictures of the barrels flats posted. Id like to learn more about this gun. Steve  
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Thanks 775. I just went back to my image host and was finally able to get my barrel flats images posted. As usual I had trouble with the camera focusing on the barrel lug and not the flats. Steve   ]
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Very nice looking gun-swamped rib, I presume? Shorty chambers (you knew that) or have they been lenghtened?
Nice weight to carry all day, I'm afraid few people shoot a truly light gun well. I'd likely load it to the 16 gauge standard of an ounce of shot, and I'd bet it still recoils with authority.
Do enjoy.
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Hi Ted, yes it's got a swamped rib, quoi encore? I won't lengthen the chambers, but I do see extended forcing cones in this guns future. Your right about the loads, with double proofs I'm not worried about standard loads, but you do pay for it in your shoulder. I shot a 100 clay sporting clays round with my 5lb 16 gauge using 1ounce Federals and felt it in my shoulder for days afterwards. At least with this gun I can use Winchester AA Low recoil/noise shells for sporting clays.
Steve
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Nice find Steve. I love the engraving on the top and barrels. Almost looks like cocking indicators on the flowers.
So many guns, so little time!
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Steve - that is a very nice find! The Helicobloc lockup is a very strong design. I have to wonder if that might have been made by Verney-Carron, based on the Helicolbloc mark and the scalloped back - just a hunch. Other makers used the Helicobloc mark after V-C's patent expired, but that gun just looks like a V-C for some reason. Compare it to this gun: V-C
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Such a long, long time to be gone, and a short time to be there.
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Doverham, there are similarities, especially in the stock carving, I'm guessing the gun you're showing is a boxlock with side-plates. When you say scalloped back do you mean the heavily carved fences on both these guns? If so that's pretty common on French guns, they loved carved balls. One thing that is interesting on both guns is how thin the fences (balls) are. I don't have this gun in hand yet, but when I do and can really inspect it and take some nice closeup pictures I'll learn a lot more. After all that's half the fun! My son bought me a Canon SLR camera for Christmas, so once I thoroughly figure out how to use the thing taking good pictures should be a snap.
Steve
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It's kind of hard to say from the pictures, but it looks to me that the barrels bear the "canons Fanget" mark, which means that the barrels were made by Fanget who was a good barrel maker. Perhaps not as well known as "Jean Breuil" but good nonetheless.
He did *not* make the gun.
I like the bulbous fences of belgian influence. You can see that they have been trimmed to a bear minimum in order to meet the weight goal.
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