I few points pending my review and reconsolidation.

As far as A&D actions. Do you think they were sourced directly from Francotte, complete with brevet number? Or, was someone like Schilling licensed by Francotte for production, who then applied a brevette number issued by Francotte? Either would indicate out of sequence numbers.

A note on the Schilling gun. The C/coloring is different on each lock. It could indicate later restoration attempts, not to mention the fairly good barrel condition. Considering these C/C and barrel coloring processs were still being used even by the time the gun was 40 years old.

Regards
Ken

I prefer wood to plastic, leather to nylon, waxed cotton to Gore-Tex, and split bamboo to graphite.