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french make nice guns. it makes me feel good to know if the english never made a single shotgun the bird hunters of the world would still be ok. 
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The gun has a 15 3/4" LOP. Remove the 2" graft and most could shoot that gun. Add a nice 1" leather covered recoil pad and still more would be happy. A lot of potential with that gun for a shooter. I just find the step down in the barrel chamber area to be a big distraction. Still would be a fun gun to shoot and for not much over a grand a decent bargain. But it still French, ten lines of proof that tell you very little. The French proof house must have been paid by the letter. Actually, the marks on Geoffroy's example tell you more, and more specifically, than those on most doubles. 850 kg proof, which is the modern CIP standard. Interesting gun. If trimming the buttstock would get the weight down enough, it'd be a good one--as long as you remember that an Ideal safety is forward for on, back for off.
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KY, not being able to read does not mean it doesn't say anything.  JC
"...it is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance."ť Charles Darwin
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Thanks for all the information. It was very informative and helpful.
Best,
Mike
I am glad to be here.
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Didn't last long. Shipped to "another store" for customer. While I had the gun boudoir guy on the phone, I asked if the Michigan store could ship C&R. No, he says, can't do for in-state buyer nor for out-of-state buyer. And "modern ammo is available for the gun" which means (to the state Of Michigan? to this guy?) that the magic 50th gun birthday is not the criterion for C&R eligibility. Good grief!!
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I was sorely tempted to make a run at it, but resisted the urge 
Mine's a tale that can't be told, my freedom I hold dear.
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I could have lived with the big shoulder on the monobloc and KYJ is right that reducing the extension (even leaving a 1/2" slab and recheckering the butt end) would have put it in the "fits" category lgthwise for a lot of us. Made it look like an Italian-built W&S-720 and I could live with that. Also looked like it had an intact sling as the disconnect was in place in the slot but I didn't ask.
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I bought the gun. Haven't received it yet.
This is what they told me.
The sling works and has a new strap.
Shiney bores
Tight and on face.
LOP 14" from the front trigger to the original wood.
Barrels recently reblacked and a good job.
Choked 18 and 20
Ejectors work, right only, left only, left right, right left
Good triggers, 4 lbs both
I will update after I get the gun.
Best,
Mike
Last edited by AmarilloMike; 08/06/10 04:51 PM.
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Lucky you, I'd love to have had that gun. Don't worry about the shoulders on the monoblock, you won't see them when you're shooting it (I used to have a Robust with the same monoblock construction).
Steve
Approach life like you do a yellow light - RUN IT! (Gail T.)
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Mike, well done. Congratulations!!!
JC
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