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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.



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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:


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Those are some wonderful Ideals !

Here are a couple of pictures of mine




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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.
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Those Lunette triggers are too cool for words !


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And I thought I was the only lucky one!

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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.

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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.

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Bonjour Larry,

M. J-C Mournetas has a book on Robusts too. It would be interesting to get one.
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Now all we need to do is convince all Anglophone owners of French shotguns to acquire fluency in la belle langue!

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