I do not want to wade into this. This is for beagledogxxx.

A search for L'ABIELLE Fusil turned up this catalog.
http://www.dustyoldbooks.com/cgi-bin/boo...logues&pg=1
Apparently this 1935 catalog says L'Abielle was a gun and ammunition maker. At least that is what I get from the description. They did make hammerless shotguns.... might be worth picking up if you have one of their guns.

Quote:

L'Abielle: - L'Abeille. Manufacture d'armes de chasse. Munitions Exportation.
(Paris, L'Abielle, ND [c1935].)
Paperback, black lettering. 225 x 155mm. pp20. Illustrated. Magnum (mono, type 200, 210, 215, Grand Luxe, Magnum Kerne), Armor, Luxe, accessoires de chasse, fusil hammerless, carabines de chasse et de tir, carabines de tir de precision, pistolet automatiques, fusil Kerne, tir aux pigeons artificiels, lunettes de visee, munitions. £20.00


A reseller for Verney-Carron, L'Abeille in Lamoraye, 33 Avenue de la Libération
http://www.verney-carron.com/pages-fr/liste-revendeurs.htm

A book on Darne no bees, but he does cover some interesting subject matter about non-darne darne's. (Currently only in French, but heck my French is limited and I stumble by.. )
http://cgi.ebay.fr/LES-FUSILS-DE-CHASSE-...VQQcmdZViewItem

A website with some Darne models
http://www.fusildarne.com/html/anglaisdarne.htm
Too bad there is not a website that documents all the models and variations,eg like the Fox, Parker or LC Smith sites. That alone would be a great help. (Hint, Hint)

And to be totally off the wall, L'Abeille is a work by Franz Shubert, a Masonic symbol and a symbol for the house of Medici, who did not commission Leonardo for this gun.

Pete