Argo, a few years back, when the EU was in the process of modifying some rules for migratory bird hunting, the French hunters went on strike because the new rules represented a significant change from what they'd been in France for a very long time. You gotta love the French!

I haven't owned very many really high grade French guns. That Drevet was one. Another was a very nice Petrik OU--the sliding breech hood design eventually copied in the Remington 32--made for Gastinne Renette.