If there was ever a complaint about French steel in guns lobbed on the internet, I haven't heard it. The French figured out first how to produce steel tubes, and a Frenchman was directly involved in getting American gun producers to use them.
Georges Granger has been dead for many years. Richard Levi owns the name, and the company. There were only three people who worked there when I was in France. A lot of the disinterest in selling guns abroad for them is the fact that they don't believe they are producing anything that would go in a blister pack at a retail store.
You show up in St. Etienne, get measured, show him your shooting style, have dinner with him, tell him how you will use the gun, leave a deposit, Richard will build you a gun.
There won't be any issues with reputation, either.
I think we are seeing the tip of the iceberg of what will be huge societal changes in all of Europe, a mostly bloodless revolution is underway, and it is largely out of the control of traditional Europeans.
Best,
Ted
