1. If Auguste Lebeau was a great gunmaker, could you support this claim with hard evidence, e.g. a gun made in his shop before 1896

2. All "Royal guns" were made by Ferdinand Courally's company, and Auguste Lebeau had nothing to do with them, as he died in 1896.

3. Auguste Lebeau worked with his brother Jules, it's their "Lebeau Brothers" partnership that won medals at international exhibitions and made guns to Great Prince Mikhail Romanoff. Why isn't Jules Lebeau known as a great gunmaker?

I think everything will fall into place if you can answer these questions.

Igor

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